Psychic Lovers [LP]

by Dinner

Overview

Dinner's Anders Rhedin tried a number of sounds on for size on his early EPs, but on Psychic Lovers, a signature style emerges. Recorded in Copenhagen and L.A., Rhedin's debut album polishes away some of the lo-fi quirks of his early work. Instead, the 2014 single "Going Out" feels like the template for songs like "Turn Me On," which is full of slapped bass, whispered backing vocals, and tumbling, gated drums that would make Phil Collins proud. Despite Psychic Lovers' slicked-back sound, there's still a fascinating tug-of-war between coolness and awkwardness in Rhedin's music: "Wake Up"'s jet-setting glamour puts up a suave facade that the abrasive experiment "AFY" roughs up a few tracks later. As on Dinner's earlier work, this tension makes for some of the album's best moments. Rhedin feels truest to himself when he contrasts breezy, highly artificial sounds with singing that sounds like drunken karaoke, as if between mischief and true emotion. On the album-opener "Cool as Ice," it sounds like he's covering a huge yet forgotten '80s hit as he imbues lyrics that could seem cliched with heartfelt energy, while his blunt delivery conveys the shock of loss on "Gone." Psychic Lovers closes with a pair of Dinner's surprisingly affecting ballads: Aided by a gospel choir on "Lie" and a children's choir on "Kali, Take Me Home," both songs showcase Rhedin's alchemical gift for transforming the cheesy and trite into something genuine. Though Psychic Lovers sometimes feels a little labored, it proves that the seemingly accidental brilliance of Dinner's earlier music was anything but. ~ Heather Phares

Product Details

Release Date:	05/06/2016
Label:	Captured Tracks
UPC:	0817949012328
Rank:	136758

Tracks

1. Cool as Ice
2. The World
3. Turn Me On
4. Gone
5. What You Got
6. Wake Up
7. Holy Fuck!
8. A.F.Y.
9. Lie
10. Kali, Take Me Home

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Dinner   Primary Artist
Domitille Angoulvant   Speech/Speaker/Speaking Part
Tania Ballentine   Vocals (Background)
Malthe Rostrup   Synthesizer
Zumi Roscow   Saxophone
Anders Rhedin   Guitar,Vocals,Percussion,Synthesizer
Mette Sand Hersoug   Violin (Electric)
Jannis Noya Makrigiannis   Piano,Guitar,Synthesizer,Vocals (Background)
Fridolin Nordso   Drums
Anne Caecillie Trier   Piano,Synthesizer,Vocals (Background)
Rasmus Valldorf   Drums,Percussion
Nicolai Koch   Piano,Synthesizer,Vocals (Background)
William Fussell   Synthesizer
Sonja Labianca   Vocals (Background)

Technical Credits

Tommy Kamp Vestergaard   Mixing,Engineer
Filip Nikolic   Mixing,Mastering
Anders Rhedin   Mixing,Composer,Producer
Patrick McDermott   Design
Jannis Noya Makrigiannis   Composer
Sophie Caby   Cover Image
Anne Caecillie Trier   Composer
Rasmus Valldorf   Composer
Nicolai Koch   Composer
William Fussell   Composer