It takes all of a half second into “Youth Knows No Pain,” the first song on Lykke Li’s new album, Wounded Rhymes, to get your blood pumping. This is not the delicate Swedish chanteuse we’ve come to know from 2007’s surprise hit, “Little Bit.” Thoughout the record, the beats are heftier, as is the singer’s vocals, which hint at vintage soul strength as much as they retain their tender vunerability. If Lykee Li 2007 was someone we wanted to look after, this new model is one we need to watch out for.

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