Former lead singer of the indie band Velvet Belly and Norwegian musician Anne Marie Almedal currently performs as a solo artist. Following the release of the musical prelude song “Breathing In Breathing Out” earlier this year, the Norwegian vocalist is releasing an extremely moving comeback album. With gorgeous vocals and rolling melodies harkening back to her first “art-pop” phase, the most recent album draws on the best of an extremely decorated musical career spanning almost three decades.
Her latest solo album, We Dance Alone, offers skilfully constructed songwriting and comforting words encased in a recently discovered (clearly dancey) electronic sound. The 10-track album is orchestrated by chill-step producer EvenS and features ambient soundscapes with saturated rhythms and synthesisers.
Nicholas Sillitoe, Almedal’s spouse and a film composer, contributed piano thoughts and shoegaze electric guitars. It is unmistakably different from earlier ‘female Nick Drake’ folk-pop recordings and harkens back to her dream-pop days.
Flagship track âWe Dance Aloneâ is a heartfelt nod to the âbest-forgotten lockdown where we were all faced with dancing alone.â So too is the hazy, post-industrial âFreeze The Momentâ, a very moving number that expresses sentiments of hopeless loneliness. âRunaway Turnaroundâ remains faithful to the album’s ethos of unfiltered emotion; its magnificent synthetic textures provide the groundwork for nostalgically sad memories of Almedal’s upbringing.
âThe songs are about survival, never giving up, dreams and hopes,â Almedal says. She adds that the harrowing experiences of breast-cancer treatment and recovery render the messages âunmistakably female.â
We Dance Alone is a masterfully planned comeback album from an unquestionably talented musician, who wants to equal prior musical accomplishments. British producer Tim Bran mixed the Norwegian’s fifth solo album, which is currently available on all major streaming services and on vinyl in the UK.
Listen to the album from Anna Marie Almedalâs – We Dance Alone on our link below
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