Napoleon “I Love My Baby (but if anyone touches her I’ll kill them)
From it’s opening moments, “I Love My Baby”, from soon-to-explode Swedish exports Napoleon, bursts alive with the vibrant feel-good gusto of old American R&B, a shocking projection given the menacing tone of the title’s parenthetical portion.
An upbeat big band playhouse of sound built on soaring horn elements, flickering guitars and some effervescent backing female harmonies, “Baby” never lets go of it’s celebratory mood, even as singer Johan Barrett somewhat creepily spends the entire track fawning over a “midnight genius” lover that’s no longer officially his.
Already awarded by BBC Radio as a “Single of The Week”, “Baby” impressively isn’t this band’s only surefire delight. Check out Napoleon’s MySpace and you’ll find a future winner in the breathy, blue-eyed soul ballad “Vaxala and I Part 2″.
Look for the band’s debut, Bohemians Won the Series and the Little Guy Joined the Band, sometime later this year.
Fantastic. The worlds best band right now!
Very nice, ‘cept “I love my baby” is more or less a cover of the great Four Tops song “Don’t walk away” only The Four Tops is undeniably the better song!!!!!