Spring Came, Rain Fell

Fourth album from Swedish duo Johan Angergard and Karolina Komstedt. More seductive melancholies and mellow melodies woven through low-key elemental pop atmospheres and bittersweet lyrics (Johan writes them, Karolina sings them). "Spring Came Rain" is a warm extension of the sounds and arrangements on their last album, "Club 8." ("Club 8" recalled "rainswept soundscapes that linger like fog banks in February" [Seattle Weekly].) "Spring Came Early" floats comfortably on the same frosty fjord.