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The blocks where the album Writer’s Block has been made are in a newly hip but still a bit dodgy and genuine part of Stockholm called Hornstull. Bjorn and Peter lives there, Bjorns studio where they have recorded is there and their rehearsal place is there, locatad in the basement of the bar Sjöhästen (The Seahorse) where they often go to and have run their own club Lucky You. Next door lies Micke’s Records, a tiny used-record store that’s open as long as the owner feels like (and that’s often a lot longer than six or seven pm when most stores still close here in Sweden) and has whatever you can or cannot think of.

”The question is, was I more alive then than I am now?
I happily have to disagree;
I laugh more often now, I cry more often now,
I am more me”
Objects Of My Affection

These words are sung convincingly by Peter Morén in the self-reflective ”Objects Of My Affection”. But it’s as much about himself as it is about the band’s developement since they started in 1999. Writer’s Block, Peter Bjorn and John´s third album, sounds like their laughing and crying more, like they’re more themselves. The sound and expression is so unique, playful and alive. If feels like they have decided to change course and surpass themselves. With the Song (yes, with a capital S) and first single ”Young Folks” they have created an indieanthem for 2006. It begins with urging and funky drums, maracas, crazy bongos, lofi bass, and a whistling melodi that sounds like a mix of a wild west b-movie and a schoolyard. It’s a duet with Peter and The Concretes’ lead singer Victoria Bergsman about the first nervous and dazed part of a relationship, when you’ve just met and only want to be with eachother at the same time as you’re worried about how much you want to show of yourself and what the other one might think of you.

”If I told you things I did before,
told you how I used to be,
would you go along with someone like me?”
Young Folks

A part of the difference since the first two albums PETER BJORN AND JOHN (2002) and Falling Out (2004) is that now Bjorn and John is singing as well. Bjorn is singing lead on ”Amsterdam”, which has a fantastic chorus that reminds of Prince and on the repitetive, Spacemen 3-inspirered ”Roll The Credits”. John sings lead on, amongst others, the suggestive ”Start To Melt”, one of the many highlights of the album.

The lyrics are often brutally honest. All three are songwriters, but they’ve only wrote one song together - ”The Chills” – which is one of the fastest songs but with a gregorianly slow and striking chorus.

”Your field is crowded and there is still
no place for someone like me to fill”
The Chills

With Writer's Block, Peter, Bjorn and John have made one of the best albums 2006.

- DANIEL VÄRJÖ, (The Concretes) STOCKHOLM 2006-03-30