Margaret Berger’s second album, 2006’s Pretty Scary Silver Fairy is sublime electronic super-pop and just the thing to start a new year with. Refined to perfection without an ounce of excess baggage, it could well be a rare flawless creation. If this doesn’t end up in my top 10 of 2008 I’ll eat my ears. Here’s hoping for a UK release – and given the recent impact of Robyn, it must be a possibility.

Pretty Things In Life is the penultimate song, which with the exception of drums, several dirty scrubbed basslines and some tick tocking accompaniments, uses Margaret’s voice, reverbed and chorused, as its melodic hook. The song’s chorus comes in and ups the gorgeousness by adding more vocals. Still not enough to convince? Well, the ‘get over yourself’ break is especially delicious, due to the (easily missed) call-response backing vocals the second time round.

Pretty Scary Silver Fairy – Amazon UK (Import)
Stylus Magazine Album Review
Official Website (Norwegian)
Margaret Berger – MySpace