Jæ: Balls and Kittens, Draught and Strangling Rain
Author: Daniel Spicer
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Musicians: |
Ole Henrick Moe |
Label: |
Hubro |
Magazine Review Date: |
June/2011 |
Catalogue Number: |
CD2508 |
RecordDate: |
date not given |
Dutch-born Oslo-resident Jessica Sligter has previously been involved with a project called The Story of Modern Farming, a collaborative initiative in which she and other musicians navigate bridges between free improv and indie-pop. This solo effort leans more closely towards the pop, highlighting her skills as a singer-songwriter and foregrounding a quirky delicacy that might appeal to fans of Susanna and the Magical Orchestra or Hanne Hukkelberg. At its cutest, it comes perilously close to sounding like a TV advert for a mobile phone package, but there's more going on here than just floppy-haired acoustic cardigan-pop. Sligter's songs share some of the Old European charm of femme-folk singer Josephine Foster, at times haunted lullaby, at others operatic dreamscape. There's also a Scott Walker-like attention to detail in the production, embedding distant cries and dull knocks into the fabric of the songs in ways that catch the ear by surprise. It's a deceptively sophisticated suite of songs.
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