Sweden is the epicenter of pop perfection. This is a fact that will never change.

Case in point: Moto Boy, and his album released today, Lost in the Call.

Moto Boy’s mournful coos and falsetto cries are nothing if not captivating, at times evoking Morrissey‘s sad, solemn delivery (“When My Heart Was High”); at others a cross between a less theatrical Rufus Wainwright and a deeper voiced Jónsi Birgisson (“A Different Kind of Love”).

Recorded in Malmö, Sweden, the ten romantic, haunting numbers of Lost in the Call ache with lump-in-throat emotion, including the moving “If Only Your Bed Could Cry,” (which was originally released with Titiyo last year). At other times, the record bursts forth with jubilant defiance and hope, as with lead single “The Heart is a Rebel.”

“I wish that I could always feel the way I feel tonight,” the singer nearly whispers above the lush strings of the final track, “The Way I Feel Tonite,” a nearly instrumental closer that recalls the magic flowing through Björk‘s Vespertine.

Complete with sweeping, magestic melodies that bristle with a pop sensibility, Lost in the Call is a warm collection of sounds both entrancing and romantic. For the bright-eyed pop lovers and late night dreamers, this album is an absolute must.

To listen to the album in full, click here. You can also choose to buy the album in a number of formats at the official store.

Here comes “If Only Your Bed Could Cry,” yet another brilliant track off of Swedish delight Titiyo‘s album, Hidden, which will be released in Europe later this fall and the US in 2010.

Who knew the trials and tribulations of being a bell boy could have such emotionally draining effects? Then again, if everyone was walking around in Fever Ray-esque masks and making out in my elevator, I wouldn’t be too pleased either.

As with “Awakening” and “Crystal Clear Mud” before, “If Only” is a mercilessly haunting song, as though written with late night reflections and early morning regrets specifically in mind.

Oh, and I knew Moto Boy sounded familiar–I did a post about his work almost two years ago! My, how blog time flies. He’s still great!

I don’t like to refer to the items that PopJustice posts, as I feel it’s a bit redundant, but nonetheless, this is my blog and I therefore get to do what I damn well feel like doing. HELLS YES.

A few days ago, PJ posted Moto Boy’s Young Love as their song of the day, which I hadn’t heard until today. I’m picturing a 1950′s lounge-style crooner, singing inside of an abandoned discotheque…with Rufus Wainwright and a chorus of angels. Wait, that was my Friday night.

Anywho, give a downloading, and let me know what you think. And in case you’re wondering, this continues to follow through with my soon-to-be patented hypothesis that all music hailing from Sweden and Norway is perfect.

Moto Boy – Young Love
http://youtube.com/watch?v=DRlDv5okGS0 – Video, quite nice.

Additionally, he posted this live performance inside of an area called “Biker’s Tunnel,” where he faced the potentially fatal impact of bike-to-body collision in the name of live vocals and guitar strumming. And if that’s not noble, I don’t know what is.

Check out Motoboy at his website here.

And you, what do you think?