PETER MORÉN, TOBIAS FRÖBERG, DAWN LANDES
(Doug Fir, 830 E Burnside) Peter Morén’s solo debut The Last Tycoon takes its title from a famously unfinished F. Scott Fitzgerald novel, and its cover sketch has a decidedly lo-fi aesthetic—both clues to the fact that Morén’s solo work might lean towards the sparse side of things. Best-known for his work as part of a band with two other guys named Björn and John, Morén here shows off a different side of his pop sensibility, from the crooning on display in “Missing Link” to Francophone pop (“Le Petite Coeur”). And while most of the arrangements here do sound like Morén alone, fans of the grandeur of his band will find some of the same elements at work—the slow-building “This Is What I Came For,” for instance. TOBIAS CARROLL

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Peter Morén - Social Competence