Review : Magnet : Simple Life

Magnet
The Simple Life
Label: Filter U.S.

We’re hopscotching clouds in the Kingdom of Caring. Later, you’ll find us pedaling down the cobblestone path outside the Land Without Feelings.

What’s gotten into us? We’ve been listening to Norway’s Magnet, and his fourth album, The Simple Life — we are tooootally chill, man.

Except for a Bob Marley cover (”She’s Gone”), this album’s smooth, sweet strings and plucky banjo instrumentation are divine and show a maturity and talent that can’t be faked.

Ironically, Simple Life is a meandering, confused album that doesn’t stay in one plane or on one theme long enough to capture the mass appeal Magnet so desperately craves.

We give it a “Tenderheart” on the Caring Meter.

Magnet : “Lonely No More” (mp3)

Magnet : “Hold On” (mp3)

Opening for Stars, Magnet is coming to Minneapolis’ Pantages Theatre on November 3rd with a five-piece band.