release date: May 5, 2010
format: digital
[album rate: 3,5 / 5] [3,28]
producer: Henryk Lipp
label: Kning Disk - nationality: Sweden
Track highlights: 1. "Move On" - 2. "Track of Time" - 5. "Singing From the Grave" - 7. "Old Beauty / Du kan nu dö" - 8. "The Book"
Studio album debut by Swedish composer, pianist and vocalist [aka Anna Michaela Ebba Electra von Hausswolff [!] - the daughter of musician CM (Carl Michael) von Hausswolff and the sister to photographer Maria] is a chamber pop and art pop studio album, which sounds somewhat familiar, or building on inspiration from Kate Bush, Joanne Newsome and an American folk pop and singer / songwriter tradition in broad terms.
The album contains her debut single release, "Track of Time" but it doesn't really contain the obvious strong single standouts but sits somewhere in a vast landscape of well-known composers with a share of raw talent and lacking a bit when it comes to originality, imho. Anna von Hausswolff undoubtedly possess a voluminous vocal, which is why it's more than just ordinary - I just hope she will make it more evident that she has something extraordinary to offer.
[ Gaffa.dk 5 / 6 ]
