CONCRETES - In Colour Review

The Concretes' second album is as changeable as the seasons. Songs such as On the Radio and Change in the Weather are full of the joys of spring, beautifully crafted concoctions of sunny melodies, plinking pianos and, the increasingly de rigueur pop instrument, the glockenspiel....full text For a group who frequently dine in the same restaurant as Ingmar Bergman — and I’m not being metaphorical — the Concretes are sounding decidedly light- hearted these days. While the bonhomie of the breakthrough single Warm Night suggested otherwise, their debut album was riven with melancholy....full text With their unerring knack for pop melodies, and the winsome charm of Victoria Bergsman's fragile voice swathed in subtly shaded horns, strings and keyboards, The Concretes are like a cross between The Cardigans and The Divine Comedy - a great pop prospect poised engagingly on the cusp of naivety and sophistication....full text