Swedish lyrics, instrumental
International
relevance: **
Little-known or at least rarely mentioned album
by not very productive singer/songwriter Lars Kihlbom. My guess is
that Ola Magnell and Marie Bergman were among his prime inspirations.
Kihlbom, however, was never even within grasp of Magnell's
talent. The songs often deal with interpersonal relations but fail to engage. I simply don't care about Kihlbom's pedestrian
observations of mundane situations. The best tracks are the short
instrumentals – the opener ”Introduction” is by far the most
interesting 35 seconds on the entire album along with the Debussy
drenched flute closer ”Israel” clocking in at less than a minute
and a half. The album title is quite poetic though, meaning "The Mirror Horseman".
Talking Music was a seemingly Christian Gothenburg
label which released several singles and albums by a variety of
little-known acts such as Kyrkstöt, Ben Antell Band and Dynamis.
They were also the distributor of Tomas Ernvik's/Vatten's Gutta
label.
Lars Kihlbom released a non-album
7” in 1981, plus a couple of albums later in the 80s. In a strange
turn of events, he also record a 45 in 1988 with tennis pro Mats
Wilander as part of his less than successful musical career. There are also a couple of much later albums up on Youtube by one Lars Kihlbom which I assume is the "Spegelryttaren" guy.
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