Har nämnt skivbolaget Rune Grammofon tidigare, särskilt i sammanhang
när det ska nämnas välljudande alster. Har alltid tyckte deras inspelningar
låter bättre än de genomsnittliga skivor jag möts av. Dessutom bryter de
alltid lite gränser med sina skivsläpp, vågar att ge fan i att stryka medhårs.
Hittade i dag detta om ett av deras nya skivsläpp. Det är sista stycket som
är mest intressant för faktiskt-medlemmen kan jag tro, har dock inte hört
det än så det kan bekräftas. Men med tanke på hur försiktiga de verkar
vara med rattandet på deras övriga släpp så litar jag blint på det som står
där. 129 kronor från dotshop.se, som jag också saxat citatet från:
"”Flower of Evil” is the second solo album from Susanna Wallumrød (28 ),
mostly known from two fine albums and a number of quietly powerful
concerts with Susanna and the Magical Orchestra. Susanna has already
proved herself as an original songwriter, ”Believer” from Susanna and the
Magical Orchestra´s debut album from 2004 being named by Mojo as ”one
of the greatest break-up songs ever”. And on her first solo album ”Sonata
Mix Dwarf Cosmos” (2007) all twelve songs were her own.
But Susanna is also known as an extraordinary interpreter of songs, ”Love
Will Tear Us Apart” and ”Hallelujah” from Susanna and the Magical
Orchestra's album ”Melody Mountain” (2006) being two examples of her
ability to renew ”difficult” songs.
”Flower of Evil” is twelve sublime cover versions of mostly well known
songs as well as two Susanna originals, all beautifully sung by one of the
most exeptional new voices of recent years, lovely accompanied by her
trusted band members Helge Sten (Deathprod, Supersilent) and Pål
Hausken (In The Country) and with Bonnie ”Prince” Billy guesting on two
songs. Whether it´s Thin Lizzy or Sandy Denny, Black Sabbath or Nico,
Lou Reed or Abba, all are given the very personal Susanna treatment.
”Flower of Evil” was recorded in Atlantis Studio in Stockholm, a studio full
of vintage, analog equipment and a wonderful engineer, Janne Hansson,
who knows all there is to know about proper recording. These are also
exquisite performances, all done in just three days, in fact nine of the
songs were recorded more or less live in one day, including the lead vocals.
And it is difficult to say something about this record without mentioning
how good it sounds. While many are concerned about illegal downloading
and the drop in cd sales, few seem troubled by the lost art of proper
recording and the tyranny of compression and squeezing of music to make
it sound as loud as possible on radio, mp3 players, cell phones and small
pc speakers. ”Flowers of Evil” is an old school recording of musicians
playing and singing together with a bare miniumum of compression being
applied at the mixing and mastering stage, thus maintaining the natural
dynamics of the performance."
