New Ane Brun single out May 17th! "Do You Remember"

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I adore her! I discovered her on the Polar Music Prize Ceremony singing "Joga". Probably the best Bjork cover I've ever heard, she made it her own. Just great http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo.../loveicon2.gif

Oooh just had an email saying my It All Starts With One CD has been dispatched. Excited! http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...es/biggrin.gif

I tried to hold off the leak until I could get this in full quality, but I couldn't http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...lies/smile.gif Such a beautiful album. The strings and percussion/timpani work brilliantly with her voice. When I complained that I was concerned about the lack of percussion on Night Of Hunters, the instrumentation on this album is exactly what I had in mind. Still going to wait for the bonus tracks, though!

Adorable new video for Do You Remember is out! I cannot get enough of this song.

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Wow I guess I have to catch up on Ane Brun as well. Love the Afro-influences!

It's really a fantastic song. Her other stuff isn't always quite as percussion-filled, but try Treehouse Song and Balloon Ranger.

Wow, so I hope the Deluxe Version is considered the "full" album, and not just a bonus, because Another World deserves to be on the album proper. What a stunning song and what amazing production; really the production across the board is breathtaking - her voice just floats on these songs. There's a lot to take in, but I'm in love with this album.

The bonus disc is just as beautiful as the proper album. There isn't a song in the bunch I don't love. How beautiful is I Would Hurt a Fly? I wish her music was available in local record shops. I wonder if I can special order it. I hate ordering online, but I might make an exception.

Also, I listened to Changing of the Seasons for the first time the other day, and it's glorious! I especially loved The Treehouse Song and the title track.

Track listings of the various releases are up on FB/Twitter

1. These Days
2. Words
3. Worship (feat. José González)
4. Do You Remember
5. What's Happening With You And Him
6. Lifeline
7. One
8. The Light From One
9. Oh Love
10 Undertow

2 CD Special Edition - Bonus Tracks:
Dirty Windshield
Take it slow
One last try
Queen and King
Du gråter så store tåra (English Version)
I Would Hurt A Fly
Another World
Alfonsina y el Mar

Didn't realize she was dueting with Jose Gonzalez - that's gotta be a beautiful song! This is still my most awaited album of the year. I don't know HOW I'll get it (sorry Scandinavia, your exchange rate is brutal), if it'll be on US iTunes on release date, or what... But I absolutely am dying to hear this record!

What an amazing album. I've never heard her music before and downloaded it on a whim, and I'm amazed at how gorgeous every song is. I'm definitely going to dig around her back catalog now.

I highly recommend the Live at Stockholm Concert Hall album.

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and Sketches

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Thank you! I'll check those out. I think this is going to be an Ane Brun weekend. All of her albums look so promising!

My copy of It All Starts With One has just dropped through my letter box! http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...es/biggrin.gif Just about to go out for pizza lunch with friends but will be listening as soon as I get home!

On my second listen. So much beauty on these discs. Agree with Nick and Dreams of Owls about I Would Hurt A Fly and Another World. The former in particular is a stand out track for me so far as is the title track.

I can see this making my 2011 top five easily. http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...s/loveicon.gif

Can't wait to see Ane in November. It's a small venue too and I should be able to get there early and get really close. Excited!

Du gråter så store tåra is just gorgeous. This album is definitely working it's way up my 2011 albums chart. http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...lies/smile.gif

“It All Starts With One” – UK Release & Reviews!

“It All Starts With One” will be released in the UK on Monday 24th of October and the first set of album reviews has just arrived, here’s some quotes:

“Ane Brun’s delicate, tremendous voice reveals shared intimacies with a rare poise.”
4/5 – The Independent

“Brilliant fourth album. Sounds like a masterpiece”
4/5 – The Mirror

“Truly beautiful, her songs stir the soul and leave behind a lasting impression.
9/10” – Press Association
“This is flawless Autumnal listening”
5/5 – All Gigs

“This album is for people who aren’t afraid to experience a little emotionally intense with dark shades coloured in with charcoal. Brun has created something that answers some questions music never tends to ask and can emphasise the uncomfortable ideas and expressions we may harbour, but with such unequivocal beauty.!”
5/5– Leeds Music Scene

“After exposure to It All Starts With One, it’s clear Ane Brun is brimful of life.” 4/5– The Arts Desk

“a blissfully gorgeous album – one that showcases Ane Brun as being at the forefront of the new wave of Scandinavian pop music.”
4/5 – Music OMH

“..A lush, beautifully arranged leap forward…Majestic”
–Music Week

Ane Brun UK Tour

Nov 08 Manchester, Deaf Institute
Nov 09 Glasgow, King Tuts
Nov 10 Birmingham, HMV Institite - The Library
Nov 11 London, Scala

Tickets go on sale Friday 14th January. I am so at the London gig. http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...es/biggrin.gif

^ Oh God I know, right? I posted that a while back in the Albums You Should Own thread. Their duet on Ane's live CD is amazing too. What great voices together.