Breakouts:AneBrun

Hey. Hazim here...again. Saying you're 'big in Scandinavia' doesn't mean much. It's really that hard to keep a straight face, but whatever. There's this folkie singer who makes Jewel look amateurish and hey, she's gone platinum in Norway. How come the rest of the world has never heard of this phenom? She's actually already had one album out but her first real international release is called A TemporaryDive. Her sound is like a BethOrton-ish vibe. The arrangements in the songs are really nice. They contrast well, like synthesizers sliding up against bossa nova. The stuff she sings are kinda predictable, but this is folk music, not electronica. Most folkies are really incredibly annoying (Indigo Girls anyone?) or too selfabsorbed(Jewel's latest album), so by listening to her, you can actually see why she's big in her native country and why she SHOULD sell more records than Jewel. She kinda redeems the bad reputation Folk music has. Another folkie pop girl outta Norway is LeneMarlin who's actually massive in Italy and uh, I'm hoping noone actually remembers the duo M2M. Cutesy pop aimed at making you throw up. But LeneMarlin is prettier than AneBrun. But that's just me talking. Apparently, the critics love her. That's one more reason you should go and se what she's about. Just listen to her music. You'll like it. Check out A TemporaryDive. I mean it. Oh and her name is pronounced like ANN just in case you need to verbally let it out. Hazim. Out.
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