MAGGIE BJORKLUND - COMING HOME (LIMITED EDITION LP)

Maggie Bjorklund Coming Home on Limited Edition LP

Maggie Björklund isn’t a household name. Despite the surname unfamiliarity (she’s Danish), the singer/pedal steel guitarist’s debut solo album Coming Home is drawn very much from a familiar source, wedding Maggie’s warm folksy style together with the contributions of musicians like Calexico, Mark Lanegan and Jon Auer of the Posies.

Maggie, though born and raised in Denmark, has nailed the wide open American West with her knockout pedal steel skills and resilient vocals. Coming Home is an album that straddles delirium and ecstasy, when the vultures circling overhead look like doves. Psychedelic desert pop music. It’s the sound of a bead of condensation rolling down a beer glass at a grimy cantina. It’s the sound of the glare off the windshield when you turn the ‘67 Caddy west. It’s the sound after the gunfight.

Interspersed with her evocative instrumentals are tracks with guest vocalists including Mark Lanegan (Screaming Trees, the Gutter Twins) on “Intertwined” and the album’s title track, Jon Auer (Posies, Big Star) on “Vildspor” and “Playground Stars” and Rachel Flotard (Visqueen) on “Summer Romance” and “The Anchor Song,” as well as vocals from Maggie herself.

Maggie Bjorklund Coming Home Track Listing:

1.  Wasteland
2.  Intertwined
3.  Summer Romance
4.  Vildspor
5.  Falling
6.  The Anchor Song
7.  Insekt
8.  Coming Home
9.  Frost
10. Playground Stars
11. Finale