Erik Hassle: Pieces | CD review

(Island)Erik Hassle, who's Swedish and male, has a disconcerting physical similarity to La Roux's Elly Jackson and, musically, to Peter "D:Ream" Cunnah – talk about a fantasy combination for connoisseurs of mildly diverting electro-pop. And his debut is mildly diverting: he has a knack for writing songs that should ­connect, but instead just miss. The ­ingredients are there – lyrics that find Hassle ­opening his already-battered 21-year-old heart about love and social inep...

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