https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oWFCkcdmZI
― abcfsk, Friday, 10 January 2020 13:26 (four years ago) link
getting a little stoned and doing gift shopping in manhattan & brooklyn while listening to ten love songs is one of my all time favorite holiday traditions. A+ perfect record.
― blue6ave, Tuesday, 22 December 2020 22:02 (three years ago) link
The greatest album of all time by a Norwegian artist
― abcfsk, Tuesday, 22 December 2020 22:43 (three years ago) link
My favourite albums by here are still the two she made with Lars Horntvedt from Jaga Jazzist producing in the early 10s, "The Brother" and "The Silicone Veil". Some absolutely beautiful arrangements on those two.
― The GeirBot (Geir Hongro), Wednesday, 23 December 2020 01:11 (three years ago) link
"The Brothel" anyway.
― The GeirBot (Geir Hongro), Wednesday, 23 December 2020 01:12 (three years ago) link
"mountaineers" from music for people in trouble is used to great effect in the norwegian film thelma, currently available on hulu (and unconditionally loved by me)
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Saturday, 9 January 2021 04:40 (three years ago) link
the second half of "mountaineers" is like dying, in a good way
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Saturday, 9 January 2021 04:42 (three years ago) link
that's a better description than I could ever have come up with BN, it's a monumental piece of music
― lefal junglist platton (wtev), Friday, 15 January 2021 21:55 (three years ago) link
I was in Iceland in 2018 and I spent a lot of time in coaches, driving the flatlands of the coast roads between the sea and the mountains, listening over and over to People in Trouble, particularly Mountaineers. Jesus, what a song.
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Friday, 15 January 2021 22:53 (three years ago) link
Bit random but I wanted to bump this thread after Susanne's appearance in the top 77 tracks thread, and there's no live performance of that song that I can find, but this one of a debut album track from 2012 was uploaded on youtube last year and I hadn't seen it before
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKKzpGaOVgI
― abcfsk, Monday, 25 January 2021 17:39 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCISZfVRTfs
― abcfsk, Thursday, 28 January 2021 11:11 (three years ago) link
Music for People in Trouble is a pretty great album
― abcfsk, Thursday, 28 January 2021 11:12 (three years ago) link
I've just realised I mainly listen to albums when I'm driving and I've barely driven anywhere this past year ;_;(SS's albums were on rotation fairly frequently)
― kinder, Thursday, 28 January 2021 13:57 (three years ago) link
wasn't feeling Music for People in Trouble when it first came out
https://i.imgur.com/U3eEduw.png
― lukas, Tuesday, 19 October 2021 17:58 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5sGROCRiDs
― TWELVE Michelob stars?!? (seandalai), Thursday, 28 April 2022 23:30 (two years ago) link
!
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Friday, 29 April 2022 02:07 (two years ago) link
chills at hearing her voice again.only noticed halfway it was a Röyksopp track, which explains the lack of melodic development.but that voice… I can’t stop listening.
― middot • is • my • middle • name (breastcrawl), Friday, 29 April 2022 06:19 (two years ago) link
Sounds like she's covering a Pet Shop Boys track
(i.e. I love it)
― kinder, Friday, 29 April 2022 08:22 (two years ago) link
what a voice - sigh
― StanM, Friday, 29 April 2022 14:45 (two years ago) link
yeah
― abcfsk, Friday, 29 April 2022 17:02 (two years ago) link
that was awesome
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Friday, 29 April 2022 18:46 (two years ago) link
Another one with Röyksopp
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-s_6LjSmZqo
― groovypanda, Friday, 19 August 2022 08:13 (one year ago) link
in total, that's 5 songs on the three Röyksopp albums this yearhttps://www.facebook.com/susannesundfor/videos/r%C3%B6yksopp-stay-awhile-ft-susanne-sundf%C3%B8r/479643497342027/
+ she got married over the Summerhttps://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=627253205427198
― StanM, Sunday, 20 November 2022 07:23 (one year ago) link
I wonder what the song was for the first dance
― octobeard, Sunday, 20 November 2022 08:53 (one year ago) link
Digging through various Fleetwood Mac-youtubes looking for Christine nuggets, I found this magnificent Stevie-cover from Norwegian TV (yes, the host at the start is Happy Tom from Turbo). Notably, Susanne is convering the 1981 rehearsal version, which is among the most beautiful things known to man.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f65ffDfGGac
― Mule, Thursday, 1 December 2022 23:29 (one year ago) link
Hadn't heard about the soundtrack she did for the movie Self Portrait, looking forward to listening.
― what have I done to deserve you (lukas), Thursday, 9 February 2023 20:44 (one year ago) link
New music coming?
23rd February 2023 pic.twitter.com/jhi8RqgHwE— Susanne Sundfør (@susannesundfor) February 14, 2023
― groovypanda, Tuesday, 14 February 2023 15:59 (one year ago) link
― ⓓⓡ (Johnny Fever), Tuesday, 14 February 2023 16:08 (one year ago) link
Please let it be new music
― abcfsk, Tuesday, 14 February 2023 16:51 (one year ago) link
new line of chandeliers
― la vie wokisme (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 14 February 2023 17:04 (one year ago) link
https://www.stereogum.com/2214704/susanne-sundfor-alyosha-leikara-ljod-blomi/music/
― blue6ave, Thursday, 23 February 2023 04:57 (one year ago) link
i like these a lot more than anything on the last album
― ufo, Thursday, 23 February 2023 05:19 (one year ago) link
pretty fantastic stuff
― ufo, Thursday, 23 February 2023 05:33 (one year ago) link
I can't listen now but excited
― what have I done to deserve you (lukas), Thursday, 23 February 2023 06:10 (one year ago) link
the second of these has an extremely unfortunate first two minutes. i was on the cusp of a denunciatory post and then she started doing vocal harmony things. still don't think we particularly needed to hear sundfor's idea of gospel music, and as i type she's abandoned the harmony stuff and gone back to the cringe. wasn't into the first single too much either but it was about the level of the previous album. the more she releases the clearer it is that TLS was a once-a-career work
― imago, Thursday, 23 February 2023 11:45 (one year ago) link
Well she's allergic to doing the same album twice so in that way I agree TLS is probably a once-a-career work. It's natural if it remains her best work too, considering how good it is. She also said she was burnt out after producing all those bangers mostly by herself.
HOWEVER, she's definitely put out synth pop songs as good as some of those on TLS before that album. And other incredible songs before and after.
The snippet that ends the 2nd tracks is the Norwegian Hardanger fiddle played pretty traditionally, I think it'd be fun if she explored that more on the new album. Both these songs slap.
― abcfsk, Thursday, 23 February 2023 13:14 (one year ago) link
She also said she was burnt out after producing all those bangers mostly by herself.
Which is why a Susanne Sundfør LP co-produced by Röyksopp makes so much sense!
― what have I done to deserve you (lukas), Thursday, 23 February 2023 22:08 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYLoNtbWWpk
kind of an incredible move releasing your wedding video as an actual music video. congrats Susanne!
(April 28 gonna be a big album release day for me between this, Avalon Emerson and Jessie Ware)
― Roz, Wednesday, 19 April 2023 05:47 (one year ago) link
love that
― bulb after bulb, Wednesday, 19 April 2023 14:14 (one year ago) link
<3
― abcfsk, Wednesday, 19 April 2023 15:38 (one year ago) link
pretty good album, i like it a lot more than music for people in trouble but it's obviously no ten love songs.
three of the ten tracks being spoken word is a little much for my taste but the second of those at least has a cool instrumental
― ufo, Friday, 28 April 2023 03:40 (one year ago) link
I was a bit nervous about the spoken word songs ruining the flow similar to the latest Lana Del Rey, but they totally work here. Need to spend time with this album as there's so much to take in but there's some really gorgeous moments here. I love how loose it all feels.
― kitchen person, Friday, 28 April 2023 19:16 (one year ago) link
I gave it one listen yesterday. It was pouring rain here - perfect weather to light a candle and put on a singer-songwriter album. Don't have any specific comments off that one listen, but I really enjoyed it.
― peace, man, Sunday, 30 April 2023 00:47 (one year ago) link
xp well it helps that two of the spoken word tracks are just the intro and outro and the other has a compelling enough backing
― ufo, Sunday, 30 April 2023 05:32 (one year ago) link
There are some great songs here, like the entire "ashera's song" -> "rūnā" sequence (Susanne doing Scott 4/psych-folk-ABBA is a good look)...though I'm not sure the whole album adds up, the back half is (so far) a bit dispensable apart from "alyosha".
― TWELVE Michelob stars?!? (seandalai), Monday, 1 May 2023 15:19 (one year ago) link
The flute part in sannu yarru li reminds me of a relatively famous jazz or funk song. it's on the tip of my tongue and I feel like an idiot for not recognizing it.
― peace, man, Tuesday, 9 May 2023 12:35 (one year ago) link
I gave it one listen yesterday. It was pouring rain here - perfect weather to light a candle and put on a singer-songwriter album. Don't have any specific comments off that one listen, but I really enjoyed it.― peace, man, Saturday, April 29, 2023 8:47 PM (one month ago) bookmarkflaglink
― peace, man, Saturday, April 29, 2023 8:47 PM (one month ago) bookmarkflaglink
Just here to repeat this, basically. This is a great, chill album. Just flipped the disc from Fare Thee Well to Leikara Ljóð. Great sequencing there.
Still wondering about the flute part I mentioned in my last post. We have some kind of rolling thread for recognizing melodies on ilx, but I can't remember what it is off the top of my head.
― peace, man, Wednesday, 21 June 2023 15:30 (eleven months ago) link
Found it! I was thinking of Fishbone: Can anyone identify which song used this melody?
― peace, man, Thursday, 22 June 2023 00:47 (eleven months ago) link
nice bigger-band live version of blómi: https://susannesundfor.bandcamp.com/track/bl-mi-feat-rohey-taalah-live-from-trondheim
― TWELVE Michelob stars?!? (seandalai), Sunday, 17 December 2023 02:29 (five months ago) link
beautiful
― peace, man, Monday, 18 December 2023 14:20 (five months ago) link