''Pyramiden'' is the third solo album by Swedish musician

Peter Morén Peter Andreas Morén (born 5 May 1976) is a Swedish musician. He is the guitarist and vocalist of the indie rock trio Peter Bjorn and John. He is also a founding member of the Stockholm-based artist collective INGRID. He was born and raised i ...

of the band

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, and his second in Swedish. So far, two singles have been released, both digital only. The album is named after the Russian ghost town of

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, which also partly inspired the album. While Morén's second album

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focused more on soul and classic baroque-pop influences, Pyramiden has a more new wave and modern

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style, interlaced with acoustic influences. The album is notably more political than Moren's previous work, with the title having a double meaning in the form of career pyramids and pyramid schemes, and the idea of the pyramid as a type of grave. An English-language version of "Säg Mitt Namn" was released on the Volym 1 compilation album by

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and is included in the Broken Swenglish Vol. 1 EP released by Morén in late 2013, along with 'Constant Reaction' ('Orsak Och Verkan') and an English-language rewrite of 'Erik M. Nilsson' entitled 'Going Places'. The second EP in the series included translations of the title track, 'Odyssén' (as 'The Odyssey'), and 'Capri, Cannes & Brighton'.

Track listing

# "Erik M. Nilsson" – 3:55 # "Odyssén" – 3:33 # "Budbäraren" – 3:26 # "Capri, Cannes & Brighton" – 4:30 # "Tröstpriset" – 3:30 # "Säg Mitt Namn" – 3:16 # "Opportunistens Klagan" – 4:21 # "Orsak Och Verkan" – 2:36 # "Var Den Du Är" – 3:36 # "Innan Jag Landar" – 4:37 # "Pyramiden" – 4:33 # "Älskar Hur Du Älskar (I Love How You Love) (

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Cover)" (Bonus track) – 2:24

References

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