release date: Oct. 18, 2010
format: cd
[album rate: 4,5 / 5] [4,36]
producer: Søren Huss & Christoffer Møller
label: Universal - nationality: Denmark
Tracklist: 1. "Som mejslet i massiv granit" (4 / 5) (live) - 2. "Velkommen hjem" - 3. "Du er" (4 / 5) - 4. "Fra tanke til..." (4 / 5) - 5. "... Hvorfor?" - 6. "Svigt" - 7. "Jeg finder vej" - 8. "Intet er, intet bli'r" (4,5 / 5) - 9. "Et hav af udstrakte hænder" (5 / 5) (live) - 10. "Troen og ingen" (4 / 5) (live) - 11. "Tak for dansen" (4 / 5)
Studio solo debut from frontman / lead vocalist of Danish pop / rock, soft rock band Saybia, Søren Huss, and what a breathtaking accomplishment it is. Huss (aka 'Søren Huus', birth name) born Sep. 6, 1975, grew up in Nyborg, Denmark. Since 2008, the band's activities have been paused, presumably as a consequence of the tragic death of his girlfriend, who was killed by a truck Dec. 17, 2007 - an accident that severely injured and almost killed his two-year-old daughter too. Troen & ingen is about his loss and tragedy. Knowing just a small part of the tragic circumstances that motivated Huss to write these songs, makes it overwhelming to have this small glimpse of one man’s personal tragedy and existential struggle with life, and its hopeless conditions. He narrates openly about his deepest frustrations, about the fatal loss of life of his beloved girlfriend, the meaninglessness about life as such, and he ends this sinister tale, which forever will be present in his mind and soul, with an open-minded and more productive approach on life - and in that demonstrates the will to live on.
The songs are far from sing-a-long pop songs but more like chapters of a diary with words meant to be taken in. The lyrics are in that way honestly brutal, and yet he accomplishes with some fine arrangements, which make the single tracks stand out as individual compositions on what seems much like a conceptual album. Yes, this is an outstanding performance, and it aspires more than any to this year’s best Danish album release.
2010 Favourite releases: 1. Søren Huss Troen & ingen - 2. The Chemical Brothers Further - 3. Robyn Body Talk
