Almost certainly the only album in this list with titles in Old Norse (Blómi meaning “to bloom”), Sundfør’s first in six years was a widescreen meditation on family, spanning her linguist/theologian grandfather, Kjell Aartun, to her own daughter. Often ethereal, sometimes folk-inflected, at the heart of “Blómi” was a classical take on the piano ballad, with a gravitas that sat halfway between Kate Bush’s Aerial and Rufus Wainwright’s Want One.
It’s been six years since Sundfør’s last album, the critically acclaimed “Music For People In Trouble”. The time gap has been productive for the songwriter who became a mother, delved into regenerative farming and recorded more music. The forthcoming release is signposted by new two singles, “Alyosha” and “Leikara Ljóð“. These songs reveal different facets of Sundfør, an auteur, capable of producing impeccable pop tracks as well as haunting experimental compositions.
The Fat Angel Sings 