Would you die for me like I'd die for you?

A certain album was put up on Swedish iTunes today (listen to clips of it on iTunes here if you want to) and, though I'm holding off on buying the whole thing since I'll be getting the physical version, I couldn't help myself from picking up a couple of songs, the SoundFactory remix of a certain 2008 Melodifestival entry (a bonus track) and the song I'm posting today. From the sounds of it, it's NOT all ballads, though it's definitely not a schlager album or a predominantly uptempo album either. It really sounds like there are a lot of good songs on it.

Nobody Without You--a rocky song? On this album? Hard to believe, but yes, though with several caveats--it's more "slightly rocky," not full rock, and it actually doesn't have hugely prominent guitars, but it still manages to come off as kind of rocky, which is pretty impressive. It's very...interesting on an instrumental level, not at all what I was expecting to hear--from that distinctive opening bass (of the string sort) through that constantly building verse and that near-release "under your commaaaaannnd" and (the especially amazing) "knowing that I aaaaaaaaa-aa-aa-aa-aa-am" leadup into the chorus, you just know you're in for something big; as a song, it's a lot grander (and not in a big giant ballad way), dramatic, and occasionally more ominous than I would have expected anything on this album to be. The chorus is great, but if I'm being picky I wonder if it isn't the 150% knockout I'd love it to have given all the other amazing things about this song, but--no, I take that back; anyway, even if I hadn't, there are too many great things about this song for me to really complain and the writers and producers have so many random tricks up their sleeves that you never quite know what to expect next--random delicate "eye of the hurricane" break that suddenly morphs into a slightly pop-rock-soul-inspired section before returning quickly to that pounding chorus? Sure! Falling in-round type ending? Why not? Even if it wasn't a great song, I'd really have to commend them on their boldness (in this context), but luckily, it's that too. Oh, and anyone else notice that runtime? A bit suspicious, no?

You can buy this album here (physical); it comes out tomorrow. This song was said a while ago to the next single, so it'll only be posted for a very short time in case that's still happening.

Next up: maybe something Mexican or those American singers.