Lykke Li – review

O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire, LondonThe fearsome woman who takes to the stage at this sold-out show is clad boot-to-cape in black, like a high art reading of a Scottish Widows advert. Surrounded by billowing black drapes, Lykke Li is lit by strobing searchlights; her five-strong band are arrayed around her like a hand of poker.As the lights synch up with a barrage of percussion, it's as though Phil Spector were sound-tracking a tribal coven disco. "Jerome" is a troubled love song from Li's masterfu...

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