release date: Nov. 10, 2014
format: cd
[album rate: 3 / 5] [3,12]
producer: Nanna Øland Fabricius and Tore Nissen
label: Tusk or Tooth - nationality: Denmark
Track highlights: 3. "Head Up High" - 5. "Nothing Is Over" - 7. "Half Hero" (live take) - 10. "Little Things" - 11. "Flags" - 13. "Trailblazer"
4th studio album by Oh Land is a fine art pop / synthpop release. Listening to this I honestly don't understand why Danish artists like Mø, Vinnie Who, or When Saints Go Machine attract much more attention. This is solid pop on par with international artists like Lana Del Rey, Ane Brun, and Émilie Simon, and although, this is a bit in the polished end of art pop in a way, I don't listen much to, this is clearly one of her better studio releases to date. Perhaps the negative side to it is that it's too close to a perfect mix of Lykke Li, Lana Del Rey and Marina and the Diamonds - being both slow 'artsy' and more uptempo pop-ish as Marina.
Her album Oh Land was well-received around the world but despite having released two fine follow-up albums to positive reviews, she has been neglected and met as a mere has-been.
