Sweden has given music some of the best voices in pop, and singer Anna Ternheim – currently a NYC resident – can be added to that growing list. Ternheim is more Lykke Li than Robyn, an inevitable comparison given their backgrounds and similar melancholic tones, and is already topping charts in native Europe with “The Night Visitor,” her fifth full-length release. The album combines more folk elements than some of her previous work, and is ornamented with her echoing vocals of solitude and contentment. Songs like “Walking Aimlessly” featuring Will Oldman on backing vocals (streaming below) and “The Longer the Waiting,” sung with Nashville engineer and “Night Visitor” producer Dave Ferguson, show that Ternheim has earned a place among Sweden’s most talented imports. You can catch her live at Rockwood Music Hall in NYC on May 26. – Devon Antonetti
