Stranger

"The 21-year-old Swedish innovator is back with an album of hypnotic soundscapes that thankfully feels more comfortable in itself than 2016's ropy Warlord ... Stranger is especially striking for its beautiful production, drifting with dark synth glossiness that can feel a little meandering and aimless but just about avoids self-indulgence".

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"Lean's funereal chants drag, with resigned pathos, through Sigur Rós cinematics, sickly sirens, and fatalistic marching band snares. Lean, at some point, gets lost in the wall of sound. And still it feels like the most essential music of his career: no longer an outsider looking in, but an artist fully embodying himself".

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"Album of the Week" - "From the sparkling intro of "Muddy Sea' to the reserved grandiosity of closer "Yellowman", Stranger, is a fully formed welcome to the staying power of Lean, and this third chapter is unlike anything he's done before, while simultaneously being everything he's done before. This Swedish wunderkind and his pals are a cultural phenomenon that no one saw coming, and seemingly, no one can stop".

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"Yung Leans 'Stranger' er kultrapperens hidtil stærkeste værk, der risler ned ad ryggen som et gletsjerkoldt granatchok. Man finder stadig reminiscenser af Leans obskure gimmicks, men udtrykket er forfinet og modnet i en sådan grad, at det ikke længere kun er produktionerne, der trækker læsset, selv om de isnende beats fra Sad Boys-producerne atter engang er fantastiske".

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