Susanne Sundfør - "Ten Love Songs"

rude question, but how much did you pay for it? Online prices are pretty ridiculous from what I've seen

£19

Very excited to see her in London tomorrow!

Union Chapel gig was v special, even though she only played one song from 10 Love Songs ("Trust Me"). No band, just one backing musician/singer (would have loved to hear a pared-down version of "Kamikaze" or "Slowly" ah well). The peak of it all was the back end of "Undercover" - that voice!

I never realised so many of her songs are (at least partly) in the 2nd person.

I am devastated that I left it to a pal to book the tickets for tonight in Glasgow, because said pal was full of wine when he booked the tickets and managed to book them for London, and now Glasgow is sold out. We've booked to go to the March show in London as a trip but it is beyond frustrating to know I could have seen her tonight.

I ended up getting a ticket and I was so very glad I did. She spent just over an hour swapping between piano, guitar and keyboard-type synth, literally just her and one instrument and her incredible voice on stage.

Finally got round to the album last night. Hugely impressive. Will be buying.

Kind of undecided about this. Moments stop me in my tracks (Undercover is breathtaking) but there's whole sections which seem pretty but lead me to dumb analogies about sunlight on the surface of glaciers and whatnot. I shall persevere.

Are any of the ILM crew going to one of the North American shows? http://www.susannesundfor.com/

I went on Friday in Montreal. It's really intimate, just her and her keyboard and guitar. Her voice is astounding. She interacts a lot with the crowd, like actual conversation, she's fun and sweet. I don't want to give spoilers on the set list, but I'll just say it's very very downtempo.

Yeah, that reminds me, she is playing SF...should look into that.

everything LRLR said. she played an unexpected cover and it killed me. her singing really is incredible, like on a pure talent level maybe the best live singer I've seen

Seeing her at LPR in NYC on Tuesday, very excited

i will be at the SF show!

"what did you have for dinner?"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ln1i669eIGw

Seeing her TONIGHT!

Susanne was really great, everyone in the room was blown away by the power and emotion in her voice. She's such a powerful performer that's it's a little jarring to see how charming, personable, and even funny she was between songs. The songs from the new album all sounded gorgeous. She only played Slowly and Darlings from 10 Love Songs, but they were showstoppers.

My one complaint was that it was a little hard for 5'9" me to see her over the tall, predominantly Scandinavian crowd

Jealous that she sang "slowly". Wasn't on the Glasgow setlist. Agree though that the power and timbre of her voice are spine tingling at times.

omg yes slowly

My one complaint was that it was a little hard for 5'9" me to see her over the tall, predominantly Scandinavian crowd

same!!!!

Wow you got "Slowly" and "Darlings"! We only got "Trust Me", which is the one song I don't adore on TLS.

My bad, it wasn't Darlings, it was Trust Me

I thought it was an appropriately dramatic closer, though. It helped that the piano player/clarinetist she was playing with was incredible

She was strictly solo in Toronto - I have to say, "Mantra" sounded way better on keyboards than acoustic guitar

I was sort of surprised at how close she came to selling out a decent-size venue considering I don't believe her albums have ever gotten a physical release here

I liked how Anja is always playing Music for People in Trouble in Joachim Trier's Thelma. Helped clarify a deliberately underwritten character.

I sprung for the vinyl copy of the record and, it's not cheap, but it's one of the most beautifully packaged records I've bought in years

i'm as bitey as a shark

I can't unhear this btw, but it makes me so happy anyway

More European dates for 2018 added:
http://bellaunion.com/2017/12/susanne-sundfor-announces-eu-dates-for-2018/

I also bought the vinyl edition recently. The URL on the download card doesn't seem to be correct. Has anyone else been more successful?

I had no trouble with my download url

Thanks, got it now. The issue was an http/https mix up on my part.

Just got tickets for the Manchester show in March.

This album has gone from "meh" to "oh my god, this is fucking awesome" over the months. It's a beautiful record that deserves as much attention as the last one, even if it is a very different (and less immediate) record.

^^ yeah songwriting is still top notch, and there probably aren't ten better singers than Susanne in pop music

I prefer it over even Ten Love Songs. I admired that album's audacity but the songwriting is better here. It's really a feat.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIx9snSep88

making it your own, great artist

so within a very short time, i learned about the lady who Bonnie Prince has covered at album length via another thread, and, reading this thread, mistook her for this lady. i am listening to ten love songs now and surely will be purchasing the physical version, and will check out susanna later today. has anyone made the same mistake? likes 'em both? likes one but not the other?

who is this other artist?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susanna_Wallumrød

New one is sounding gorgeous today. Shift brings to mind Emiliana Torrini’s sparse “Fisherman’s Woman’ album, which is a gem

that is actually a perfect analogy for why the new one was disappointing because "Telepathy" is so far and away the best thing Emiliana Torrini has ever done

<3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-uRyOu4YV4

just came here post that stanm. i was lucky enough to be at that concert, the whole thing was filmed, so maybe there's more to come? lovely venue, great acoustics, and she was absolutely amazing from start to finish.

Jesus Christ. She's ridiculous.

otm

that performance of 'Undercover' is breathtaking

New (?) radio doc on SS and Oslo:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0bkr5nz

Not sure if it's available outside UK.

Amazingly, it's available in the US

it's even available in Europe! Is this the soft brexit then?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHKcvDUtxp8

(= new song, performed on a Norwegian awards show at the end of October)