Stina Nordenstam - The World Is Saved (2004)
Stina Nordenstam - The World Is Saved (2004)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks)+CUE+LOG - 313 Mb + 3% | MP3 320kbps - 118 Mb + 3% | Web-covers (front+back) | 53:21 min
Genre: Indie, Pop-Rock, Folk-Rock, Jazz, Electronic | Label: V2 Records, Inc. | 63881-27261-2
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks)+CUE+LOG - 313 Mb + 3% | MP3 320kbps - 118 Mb + 3% | Web-covers (front+back) | 53:21 min
Genre: Indie, Pop-Rock, Folk-Rock, Jazz, Electronic | Label: V2 Records, Inc. | 63881-27261-2
Stina Nordenstam's commercial strategy won't win her many new fans: having given only a handfull of interviews over the years and never toured except one show 14 years ago in London, the Scandinavian singer - songwritter seems to be all about creating the art but not really giving that much energy to promote it out there. At least, a rather pretty site made it's appearance on the net recently. Still, this Kate Bush-like resclusiveness bounds harmonically with the fragile, mysterious nature of her music. Nordenstam made her first appearance in the music scene in 1992 with the jazzy, eerie Memories Of A Colour, then shortly after that she released And She Closed Her Eyes, a track of which (the tender "Little Star") was included in the Romeo & Juliet soundtrack, introducing the artist to a wider audience. Three, significally more downbeat and melancholic albums followed .
For her latest offering, the first to be released in the states since 1994, Nordenstam once more combines serenity with darkness. There are two important qualities of hers that set her apart from most of the other "sad" girls in the music business today: first of all, it's her distinctive voice, a toxic purr of some sort which sounds so at home with the vulnerable ("So This Is Goodbye?") and hypnotic ("So Lee") texture of her compositions. Then the lyrics are simply excellent ,witty and specific , as it often happens with scandinavian artists who despite singing in their second language, they dress their melodies with amazing words . " From Cayman With Love " finds a bitter lover realizing that exotic holidays are not the answer to loneliness ("Thr Carribean sun / so leaves me cold / you never do / i want to see you / even want to see you bleed / i can't believe i paid for this / there's nothing here i need"). It's the naive, i-realize-it-now-that-i-sing-it vocal delivery of Nordenstam that makes the whole thing such a treat really .
Musically trumpets and flutes along with trip hop touches colour her moody, seductive melodies. From the sparse, naked "Parliament Squeare" (in which "It maybe silent / but i hear bombs fall") from the spooky pop pantomima of "Butterfly", everything here is eccentric, original and clearly coming straight from the lady's private little universe. Not a small achievement indeed …
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Tracklist:
01 - Get On With Your Life
02 - Winter Killing
03 - On Falling
04 - Parliament Square
05 - I'm Staring Out The World
06 - From Cayman Islands With Love
07 - The Morning Belongs To The Night
08 - 125
09 - Butterfly
10 - The World Is Saved
11 - The End Of A Love Affair
Bonus tracks:
12 - Get On With Your Life (Pluxus Remix)
13 - The End Of A Love Affair (Faultline Mix)
14 - Failing To Fly
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Stina Nordenstam / The World Is Saved
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