Rolling Stone review on the New Moon Soundtrack

The genius of the Twilight saga is the way it celebrates the passion of the all-American fang hag, with Robert Pattinson as the perfect plasma-slurping pinup boy: He's hot, he's sexy, and he's undead. So New Moon is a movie soundtrack, but it's also a concept album about the bond between teenage girls and their imaginary bloodsucker boyfriends.

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It all flows together, since most of the music follows the same basic emplate � acoustic guitar, ravish-me-by-moonlight vocals and ominous synth strings. Practically every singer on the album tries to sound English and tremble-lipped, whether they're from L.A. (Sea Wolf), Vegas (the Killers) or Stockholm (Lykke Li). Maybe they were partly inspired by the knowledge that this would be a blockbuster � but it sure sounds like they were also inspired by the chance to sing about vampire lust, exposing their sappy sides more nakedly than they'd dare on their own albums.



Either way, the highlights keep coming: Lykke Li's piano-based "Possibility," Anya Marina's stark "Satellite Heart," the Killers' over-the-tippity-top "A White Demon Love Song." Yorke's "Hearing Damage" is the unquestionable standout. It's a bang-up electronic ballad that doesn't much resemble his previous solo work but expands on the style of In Rainbows � over droning synths, Yorke moans, "You can do no wrong in my eyes."

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Sv: Det geniala med Twilight sagan �r hur det firar det hel amerikanska, med Robert Pattinson som den perfekta plasma-s�rplande pinuppa pojken: Han �r het, han �r sexig, och han �r od�dlig. S� New Moon �r ett film soundtrack, men det �r ocks� ett konceptalbum om bandet mellan ton�rsflickor och deras imagin�ra blodsugande pojkv�nner.

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Allt flyter ihop, eftersom den mesta musiken f�ljer samma grundl�ggande uppl�gg - akustisk gitarr, h�nryck-mig-i-m�nskenet s�ng och olycksb�dande synth str�ngar. Praktiskt taget varje s�ngare p� albumet f�rs�ker l�ta som britter och med darrande-l�ppar, oavsett om de �r fr�n LA (Sea Wolf), Vegas (The Killers) eller Stockholm (Lykke Li). Kanske var delvis inspirerade av vetskapen att detta skulle bli en stors�ljare - men det l�ter ocks� som om de var inspirerade av chansen att f� sjunga om vampyr lust, blotta sitt saftig sidor mer naket �n de skulle v�ga p� sina egna album.

Hursomhelst, h�jdpunkterna forts�tter komma: Lykke Li's piano-baserade "possibility" Anya Marina kraftiga"Satellite Heart," The Killers "over-the-tippity-top" A White Demon Love Song. " Yorke's "Hearing Damage" �r obestridligt de som sticker ut. Det �r en elektronisk ballad som inte liknar mycket av hans tidigare soloprojekt men som expanderar i stilen i In Rainbows - �ver brummande syntar, j�mrar Yorke, "Du kan inte g�ra n�got fel i mina �gon."

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