Peter von Poehl: May Day | CD review

(Feraltone)Released early last year in his native Sweden, May Day is singer-songwriter Peter von Poehl's second solo album. It's a deft collection of tenderly constructed pop that's always pleasant but, unfortunately, rarely that arresting. Songs such as Forgotten Garden – the tale of a baleful stroll to nowhere – sound pleasingly familiar, without being derivative, but there's often little beyond some neat, cruising, basslines and von Poehl's soft accent to demand your attention. ...

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