release date: Feb. 23, 2012
format: cd
[album rate: 3,5 / 5] [3,28]
producer: Lars Skjærbæk
label: Gateway Music - nationality: Denmark
Track highlights: 1. "Lad mig gå fri" (acoustic live) - 2. "Nætter under stjernerne" - 3. "Væk fra denne virkelighed" - 4. "Sådan er du" - 6. "Du kan ikke sove" - 8. "Tving følelserne frem"
Full-length studio album debut by Mathilde Falch (aka Mathilde Juhl Lyneborg-Falch) following her 4 track EP debut Kom med mig (2010), from which three songs reappear here (tracks #3, #4, and #10). Mathilde is the daughter of Linda Lyneborg and vocalist Michael (Ehlert) Falch of Malurt and with a long career as soloist.
Mathilde follows closely in the footsteps of her father playing a type of pop / rock that owes a great deal to one Mr. Springsteen, although, Mathilde, quite naturally distances herself from the masculin centre of attention. You could add Patti Smith and Lucinda Williams to a long list of presumed influences. I cannot help thinking of both Nena and Gianna Nannini as artists with a similar soundscape - someone who narrates about personal experiences with existentiality, and where insecurity, anxiety, and unhappiness appear to be lurking in the dark.
Lad mig gå fri ['Set me free'] is a fine first album out, which contains a lot of energy and vitality, but also appears like a somewhat grey album in the sense that it doesn't bring much new to the altar. Mathilde Falch is, however, certainly someone to keep ears and eyes for.
