release date: Sep. 9, 2013
format: cd
[album rate: 3 / 5] [3,18]
producer: Lars Skjærbæk
label: Bear Records - nationality: Denmark
Track highlights: 1. "Hjemløse hjerter" - 3. "For evigt rig" - 4. "Ingen som os" - 6. "Vejen til din mund" - 7. "Dansen"
2nd studio album by Signe Svendsen. After a mediocre debut with Ny passager (2010) she has found something more substantial with this release. My favorite track here was "Ingen som os" - a track I thought of handing 4 / 5 but then I remembered where I had come across it earlier. It's really heavily influenced by Martha Wainwright, and listening to her new album with that in mind, it does seem like she has found more than just one or two tracks by the Canadian artist, Emmylou Harris, or Lucinda Williams to elaborate on. The whole album is like a Danish version of the synthesis of music by Wainwright, Harris, and Williams, which is a bit of a flaw 'cause I really enjoy this all the same. Stylistically, one should argue that it's not copied as such, as this is more folk, more singer / songwriter and with less orchestral backing than heard on most of Martha's albums. I do believe, she has found a more elegant form, she only needs more originality to make it great.
[ Gaffa.dk, Berlingske 4 / 6 stars ]
