Johan Reinhold - Shoot Me Down (2011)

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7.7

/Pop rock, Electro-rock, Pomp rock/

Comment: it is a single by Johan Reinhold, a Swedish Grammy nominated indie electro pop artist who is influenced by Gayngs, Nikki and the Dove, Miike Snow and Portishead. The notch is produced and arranged by Astma & Rocwell, and onward Lasse Mortén took care of post-production and engineering. Shoot Me Down is a bombastic effort with hard rock guitar riffs, mellow backdrops and cloying footstalls, and some shamanic vowel effects in the ending part. Unfortunately, it is way too predictable and without any vulnerable (read: intricate) corners within it.