The first thing you'll notice about A Camp's second album, Coloniais that chanteuse Nina Persson, her husband Nathan Larson, and fellow Swede Niklas Frisk sound nothing like her other band the Cardigans at all. A Camp is a far cry from the swinging dark pop jangle and crunch of her former band. Instead this three piece is a moody, dusty and rustic trio that focuses on Persson's vocal prowess and her ability to hypnotize you with her seductive voice.
For a group that's more of a side project then an actual free standing and free roaming group much of Colonia is unbelievable. This is a record that's intimate, lush, sweeping and filled with dusty and delicate songs that sound as if they've been written by a band that have been together decades instead of two albums. It's a light record that at times will remind you of 70's soft-rock in congruence with Jenny Lewis and at others will bring to mind old dusty folk ballads. That being said, Colonia's charm lies in the casual intimacy and sweeping nature it possesses.
Colonia is in no hurry to wear out its welcome so it makes itself comfortable as if it were your best friend and when Nina coos her way through songs like, "It's Not Easy To Be Human," its as if she were sitting there with you and Burt Bacharach. It's stirringly grandiose stuff whose stillness is quite moving. The Cardigans this is not. A Camp might not right instant pop hits, but the songs that they do write are rich and filled with textures and sounds that are just as good if not better than Nina Persson's other band. Coloniais a moving pop record whose rich tapestry of sound is an exhilarating change of pace.
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