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Patrick El-Hag The Bottom LineDagens NyheterMany melancholy men have sung about loneliness, lost chances and broken relationships so Patrik El-Hag has ample role models for his particular music style.The interesting thing is that he manages to make his voice heard in the large choir of the lonely and the outcast. His lyrics are good, capturing that moment in life when love, or hope of love, forsakes you, leaving only solitude and meaningless sex. But he is refreshingly free from bitterness. Life may be desolate, but not stone dead. The life which is just out of reach here, and now is hopefully somewhere else. Patrick El-Hag has previously been seen performing in various venues over the past few years - Studion to name but one - in different guises, once in a spectacular smoke-filled perfomance wearing a dress and sitting in a wheelchair. However, he comes over best and more distinctly without such props. On this CD he sings the lyrics in an almost "minimalistic" but challenging fashion. With his own very independent interpretation of the plight of the lonely and rejected, he reaches out, forcing you to take him seriously. The music is somehere in the no-mans-land between ballad and rock. It is pleasant, easy to listen to but by no means simple. The lyrics contain more and larger complications, the music becomes a good supporter. Together they accomplish something that is worth both listening to and thinking about. Calle Pauli |
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