Filed under: feature, video, words in edgeways | Tags: 2009, avey tare, bar, kria brekkan, léigh bartlam, múm, music, storsveit nix noltes
A slightly abridged version of this article appeared in Wears The Trousers issue seven. Order a print copy here.
words in edgeways with kría brekkan
According to one episode of ‘Star Trek: Voyager’, the concepts of time and space can be folded with the aid of the right technology, theoretically allowing us to travel vast distances and cover huge periods of time in the blink of the eye. I doubt that Kristín Anna Valtýsdóttir has managed to invent or discover this kind of technology just yet, but she does seem to have a knack for travelling far and letting time fly right past her.
It’s taken the best part of two months and two international time zones to finally track her down for an interview. Firstly she was in New York – her current base – where for a month either I was late calling her or she was impossible to contact. Then she was in Iceland where either I was too early to catch her or she simply wasn’t around. When I finally get hold of her at her mother’s place, her apology is huge but is swiftly followed by yet another blow: “I’m actually at a dinner right now and we are about to eat. Can we rearrange to talk again for Friday perhaps?”
Filed under: album, EP, mp3, review | Tags: 2009, alan pedder, andy wasley, anja mccloskey, hilda gudnadottir, hugh armitage, kria brekkan, lissy trullie, madeline adams, music, raina rose, storsveit nix noltes, vienna teng
The second batch of March mini-reviews: five more…
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Madeline
White Flag ••••
Orange Twin
Folky songstress Madeline Adams has collected multifarious comparisons to other musicians online, and even after the shortest of listens it isn’t hard to see why. There seems to be some Regina in there, a bit of Joanna, and definitely more than a touch of Joni. There’s even a hint of ’90s country pop on the titular ‘White Flag’. Fortunately, Madeline’s own personality isn’t lost beneath the tumult.
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