Susanne Sundfør - "Ten Love Songs"

Parts of Ten Love Songs are like this though

those are the parts I don't like

basically I don't understand how someone can go from "Accelerate" and "Insects" to something one step away from an Adele song

holy shit this is gorgeous

― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Tuesday, 6 June 2017 05:00 (seven hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I get the Adele complaint, but c'mon, that pedal steel.

it's not like this side of her is unprecedented or anything, though I'd definitely prefer it if it had a dance beat

I don't care for The Sound of War (the other new song she was playing live) or Reincarnation at all so I'm just thankful that there's something to like about Undercover

idk this is great

also bleh, it seems Ten Love Songs is going to be another Love's Victory March i.e. brilliant, sumptuous, colossal album that nothing following will be like

Seems a little early to make that prediction. New album is the same length as the last one, has an intriguing title and opens with a song called "Mantra." I don't think she's lost her ambition.

This track is heavenly. Could easily see it as an outlier on a Ten Love Songs-esque suite, but I'd just as happily take an entire LP of ballads this beautifully composed and personable

She started out doing piano ballads - only, her piano ballads are as different from other piano ballads as her pop songs are.

another one of the new songs, live:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2dG1cXM9rg

i love this even though the songs like it are the ones i skip on ten love songs. she rules, this rules, so does ten love songs, so does the silicone veil, so does that royksopp song

so does reincarnation

welp I guess the whole grandiose goth ABBA thing was a fluke wasn't it

As someone who thinks that "Darlings" is secretly the best song on Ten Love Songs, probably not a surprise that I love this. 70s MOR was an important part of that album too - surely that's where 50% of the Abba comparison comes from?

"Mountaineers", which features John Grant: https://open.spotify.com/album/53vgNpVSa0xDdCpY6t7wv4

Not available in my region yet, but hopefully have something to look forward to early tomorrow.

Ahh there it is.

This album's going to have some really beautiful parts scattered about it if you can stay awake between them.

yeah this won't be an ILX hivemind record but I love her arrangements so much

Also here for those who are Spotifyless

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7D3_TDB4zzA

The pay off is typically beautiful but it feels like it takes a long time to get there. It seems like this is going to be a much harder album to love than Ten Love Songs.

idk about you guys, but i've been getting my full life from these new tracks. she can do no wrong in my mind.

definitely my favourite of the new songs so far

they kind of feel like the same song

going to be on the Scott Walker Prom in about an hour.

love it

yes.

tour dates

Aug 22 The Courtyard Theatre London, Uk
Sep 12 Savoy Theatre Helsinki, Finland
Sep 14 Les Trois Baudets Paris, France
Sep 16 artheater Köln Cologne, Germany
Sep 18 Vondelkerk Amsterdam, Netherlands
Sep 20 silent green Kulturquartier Berlin, Germany
Oct 02 Union Chapel London, United Kingdom
Oct 03 CCA Glasgow, United Kingdom
Oct 04 Manchester The Deaf Institute Manchester, United Kingdom
Oct 07 The Sugar Club Dublin, Ireland
Oct 12 Södra Teatern Stockholm, Sweden
Nov 02 The Red Room at Cafe 939 Boston, MA
Nov 03 Phi Centre Montreal, Canada
Nov 04 Adelaide Hall Toronto, Canada
Nov 06 The Hamilton Washington, DC
Nov 09 1st Ward at Chop Shop Chicago, IL
Nov 12 St. James Hall Vancouver, Canada
Nov 14 Holocene Portland, OR
Nov 16 Swedish American Hall San Francisco, CA
Nov 17 The Sanctuary at Pico-Union Project Los Angeles, CA

Going to the October London one

Going to Vancouver :)

Going to London too! I love Union Chapel.

Going to sleep if the new stuff is any indication!

love a good sleep

lord knows I need it

Brussels on Sept. 15th, can't go that weekend, work. :-(

Definitely going in Montréal!

no way I'm missing that TO date. has she toured canada before?

Missed out on ticket for local gig at deaf institute so heading up to Glasgow

Damn, Amsterdam already sold out :(

oh man I'm in one of those towns on one of those dates, for work

balls it's sold out

snagged a ticket to the LA date

Seeing her at the Scott Walker Prom I really wasn't prepared for the sheer power of her voice in a live setting.

Just got my sf tix. Even if she doesn't do a lot from TLS I'll still relish getting to see her in a venue that small.

stylistic shift reminds me of Sol Seppy changing gears on "Bird Calls" (EP) from her former dream-pop stylings

oh wow montreal! nice

The Brothel was my first Sundfør album. This seems less a stylistic shift than a return to form.

Dang, Paris is sold out too, gig's close to my place too, bleh

Weird, not only do I not know this person, I also don't think I have ever even heard of the venue she is playing here in November, which appears to be some sort of restaurant/club.

"stylistic shift reminds me of Sol Seppy changing gears on "Bird Calls" (EP) from her former dream-pop stylings"

wow you're the only person I've ever seen mention Sol Seppy. I love her stuff. What has happened to her? Where is she? What a mysterious person

Missing the London show by one day as I have to leave that morning. But hoping I can see her in SF.

( https://www.facebook.com/Sol-Seppy-292583807466864/ she recently moved, apparently )