Norwegian songstress Marianne Engebretsen welcomes us into her world with her sophomore album Something New.
“Like flipping through an album of photographs, ‘Something New’ is a journey through memory and experience, saturated in an uplifting energy that is impossible to resist.”
Norwegian songstress Marianne Engebretsen welcomes us into her world with her sophomore album Something New.
Five years since the release of her critically acclaimed debut album, Redefined, Norwegian singer-songwriter Marianne Engebretsen is back with an art-pop follow up, Something New. Inspired by the multiple changes that have occurred in her life since the first time she came to public attention as a semi-finalist in the Norwegian version of The Voice, this alum is an uplifting resolve to overcome life’s difficulties and to celebrate its joys. With the power to turn the most delicate of ballads into the most explosive of soundscapes, Marianne’s voice is still at the forefront of her music, supported by an enchanting blend of atmospheric textures and catchy pop hooks.
Tracing the ups and downs of Marianne’s daily experience, Something New is not only a statement of intent, but a celebration of life’s peculiar ways. Here, cascading melodies are interwoven with experimental sound structures – playful and sincere like a child at the beginning of their journey. However, Marianne is no child, and her velvety vocals possesses an undisputed maturity, moving between the delicate fragility of the opening track, an R’n’B twinge of ‘Light as the Moon’ and the piercing power of the sonically expansive ‘He Had a Name’. Balancing between stripped-back approach of ballads such as a ‘Skeleton’ and the texturally rich offerings like ‘Summerdays’ and ‘Citylights’, she has an uncanny ability to capture the magic of the moment and to relay its preciousness to her listener.
Like flipping through an album of photographs, ‘Something New’ is a journey through memory and experience, saturated in an uplifting energy that is impossible to resist.
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Review Written By Liza Kupreeva
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