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Last time around, Lykke Li only had a Little Bit to offer her burgeoning Stateside fanbase. But for her next U.S. move, the Swedish popstress is throwing the book at us. Yes, Li's debut LP, Youth Novels, finally hits the States August 19 from the lady's own LL imprint. Just in time for a little late summer, er, reading. It'll make its way to the UK June 9, a mere week after LL sticks a single for "I'm Good, I'm Gone" onto shelves across the pond. Youth Novels is available now in the singer's native Sweden.

Lykke's got a whole bunch of live appearances in the UK coming up fast, with dates all over Europe throughout the summer. She's also got hot jams on the recent Moshi Moshi and Licking Fingers compilations.

Youth Novels:

01 Melodies & Desires
02 Dance Dance Dance
03 I'm Good, I'm Gone
04 Let It Fall
05 My Love
06 Tonight
07 Little Bit
08 Hanging High
09 This Trumpet in My Head
10 Complaint Department
11 Breaking It Up
12 Everybody But Me
13 Time Flies
14 Window Blues

Lykke Li:

06-01 London, England - The George IV *
06-02 Manchester, England - Night & Day Café *
06-03 Leeds, England - The HiFi Club *
06-04 London, England - Cargo (in-store)
06-04 London, England - Cargo +
06-06 Brighton, England - Albert *
06-07 Nottingham, England - Stealth *
06-08 Glasgow, Scotland - King Tut's Wah Wah Hut *
06-10 Oxford, England - Jericho Tavern *
06-11 London, England - ICA *
06-12 Dublin, Ireland - Sugar Club *
06-14 Hultsfred, Sweden - Hultsfred Festival
07-03 Kristiansand, Norway - Quart Festival
07-04 Arvika, Sweden - Arvika Festivalen
07-05 Roskilde, Denmark - Roskilde Festival
07-06 Belfort, France - Eurockéennes Festival
07-23 Stockholm, Sweden - Mosebacke #
07-31 Östersund, Sweden - Storsjöyran
08-07 Oslo, Norway - Øya Festival
08-08 Rees-Haldern, Germany - Haldern Pop Festival
08-09 Gothenburg, Sweden - Way Out West
09-05 Isle of Wight, England - Bestival

* with El Perro del Mar
+ with Shout Out Louds
# with Anna Järvinen