Writer’s Block by Peter Bjorn & John

Writer's Block, the third album from Stockholm trio Peter Bjorn and John, came out in the UK on 14 August 2006 and reached America the following February. Bassist and keyboard player Björn Yttling produced it, and after two guitar-heavy records the band pared things back and went a little experimental, stringing the songs loosely around the highs and lows of romance. The title is a pun on Hornstull, their Stockholm neighborhood, packed with artists; the inner sleeve carries handwritten notes and a fold-out drawing of a building there, one window for every song.

"Young Folks", with former Concretes singer Victoria Bergsman guesting alongside Peter Morén, was the breakout, and Pitchfork put it at number five on its list of the year's songs, with the album at 24. "Objects of My Affection" and "Let's Call It Off" followed in reworked single versions, all three with videos that finally got the band seen abroad. It's widely held up as one of the defining indie records of its moment.

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