"Home Is Where Your Heart Was" is an organic progression from Swedish deep house duo Plej's debut album, maintaining their distinctive style while adding more live instrumentation. The end result is elegant in execution, naturally balancing these new live sounds with electronic elements and creating an album whose whole is more than the sum of its parts.
Plej's lead singles and stand-out album tracks display three sides to Plej's diverse musical palette. "Borderline" is a deeply magical and lush instrumental full of their trademark flourishes, successfully avoiding any of the sort of predictability you might expect. Meanwhile, "Freaks" is completely different kettle of sardines, offering more than a wink back to Arvid's punk roots, sounding like Was not Was in a deranged Gothenburg night club.
Meanwhile "Safe Place" is classic Plej. Subtle yet satisfying, sounding somehow vintage and futuristic all at the same time. Its warm Rhodes keys intro gives way for a spine tingling trumpet solo and Joanna Wahlsten's smooth vocals. Its arrangement and production qualities recall the golden Aja era of Steely Dan, delivered in Plej's own unique way.
Tracklisting:
1 Static Friction (3:51)
2 Safeplace (4:47)
3 Exit Anywhere (5:35)
4 Freaks (3:01)
5 Exformation (4:22)
6 Give It To Me (4:28)
7 Borderline (4:33)
8 Unbearable (5:32)
9 The Pollination (3:50)
