| Sundfor, Susanne / Silicone Veil, The |
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| Album: | Silicone Veil, The | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Sundfor, Susanne | Added: | Jul 2013 | |
| Label: | Self-Release | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2014-06-27 | Pull Date: | 2014-08-29 |
| Week Ending: | Aug 31 | Aug 24 | Aug 17 | Aug 3 | Jul 20 | Jul 13 | Jul 6 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Sep 13, 2014: | Music Casserole Stop (Don't Push The Button) | 4. | Aug 20, 2014: | A-philiac Can You Feel The Thunder | |
| 2. | Aug 27, 2014: | A-philiac Can You Feel The Thunder | 5. | Aug 13, 2014: | A-philiac Can You Feel The Thunder | |
| 3. | Aug 22, 2014: | Time Traveler Diamonds | 6. | Aug 02, 2014: | Music Casserole White Foxes |
| Album Review |
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| Eme O Reviewed 2014-06-24 | ||
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Synthy Dramatic Pop. Fifth album from Norwegian singer-songwriter. Not standard acoustic-guitar singer-songwriter, this is the woman who brings her fancy keyboard setup to the open mic. Judging from the lyrics, this is not happy-mood music, more ”Apocalypse, death, love, and snow” to quote the artist, but with an up beat. I find myself liking this album in spite of myself. Vox (in English), Piano, Synth, Strings, etc. Shades of Tori Amos, Kate Bush, Bjork. No FCCs. Faves: 2,3,4,7 (maybe others I won’t admit to) ~eme o. 1. Diamonds (5:00) Quiet, echo-y start, leading into a soaring almost Kate Bush-esque vocal. Lacks a certain oomph. 2. White Foxes (4:12) Flat, depressed vocal on verses lets the sadness of the words shine through. Nice contrast with soaring vocal on chorus. Piano, percussion, synths 3. Rome (6:43) Deliberate echo-y percussion starts, then come the celestial whale sounds. Song picks up ~1:30, briefly, then slows down and in comes the vocal. 4. Can You Feel the Thunder (4:56) Piano open, pensive tone, string accents. Pretty, Bjork-y. Still ‘wall of sound’ but simpler than what’s come before. 5. Meditations In An Emergency (2:29) Slow, somewhat ominous, crescendoing string interlude 6. Among Us (4:23) Speedy electro-y beat. Strong bass. Singer is imperiled by love, like the flipside of Hall and Oates' “Maneater”. 7. The Silicone Veil (5:02) Quiet opening, electronic harp(?) and vocal. It’s almost like a medieval tune at points. Synth and percussion enter, tempo picks up, but the song maintains an essential quietude. 8. When (4:05) Simple, straightforward showcase for her vocals (and piano-playing). This works. 9. Stop (Don’t Push the Button) (4:13) Strings on alert, they melodize a warning before being overcome by synth sounds. Heavy drums enter and you wonder if this is what the strings ran from. Vocal orchestra follows. 10. Your Prelude (3:15) 80s-revival electro plus soaring vox plus piano (plus piano solo), plus dying battery fade-out. | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Diamonds | 6. | Among Us | |||
| 2. | White Foxes | 7. | The Silicone Veil | |||
| 3. | Rome | 8. | When | |||
| 4. | Can You Feel The Thunder | 9. | Stop (Don't Push The Button) | |||
| 5. | Meditations In An Emergency | 10. | Your Prelude |