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Steeped in gelid electronic textures, pulsing beats, and yearning modalities, Aurora's All My Demons Greeting Me as a Friend also blends vivid lyrical imagery with parts fantasy and heartache for a haunting full-length debut. The 12-track album by Norwegian singer and songwriter Aurora Aksnes includes two European charters from her prior EP, 2015's Running with the Wolves. Both gray-shaded numbers about being out of place, "Runaway" and "Running with the Wolves" turn out to be the average of what the substantial LP offers rather than standouts. With a soundscape that finds danger lurking in the corners, "Runaway" has echoing water droplet effects, creeping screeches, and windswept transitions among its sparse arrangement and lyrics like "I was running far away, would I run off the world some day?" What sets Aurora apart from the field of dark, spare electro-pop (Lorde, Lykke Li) are elaborate, soaring melodies and a pure, lilting soprano that on several tracks seems presented with minimal studio tampering, an impression made more likely by the singer's reputation for live performance. While much of the album is brooding if not downright wretched -- "Murder Song" has the protagonist recounting the story of her own death, though lyrics are tempered by a club-ready mix -- it's not without moments of lightness. The rousing "Conqueror" is sweetly melodic and decidedly perkier than anything on her debut EP. A song like "I Went Too Far" has a solemn text but an uplifting, synth-swirling chorus and dance-insistent beat. One of the lasting impressions of All My Demons Greeting Me as a Friend, as suggested by its title, is a supernatural aura created not just by spacy electronics but by the songwriter's nature-themed lyrics that have her regularly identifying with or immersing herself in the elements ("Walking in my sleep like the naked trees"). Titles like "Black Water Lilies" and "Winter Bird" denote songs about overcoming forces both in the natural and mental realms. Still a teenager at the time of the album's release, Aurora proves to be an already skilled fashioner of dynamic, affecting pop.
© Marcy Donelson /TiVo
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Aurora, Producer, MainArtist - Odd Martin Skålnes, Producer - DOWNTOWN DLJ SONGS LLC OBO ROLF BUDDE MUSIKVERLAG GMBH, MusicPublisher - Magnus Skylstad, Composer, Producer - Aurora Aksnes, Composer - ULTRA TUNES OBO ULTRA MUSIC PUBLISHING EUROPE, MusicPublisher
(C) 2016 Glassnote Entertainment Group LLC, distributed by AWAL (P) 2014 Glassnote Entertainment Group LLC, distributed by AWAL
Geir Luedy, Composer - Aurora, MainArtist - Odd Martin Skålnes, Composer - Magnus Skylstad, Composer - Aurora Aksnes, Composer - UNIVERSAL TUNES, A DIVISIO OBO INSIEME SONGS, MusicPublisher - ULTRA TUNES OBO ULTRA MUSIC PUBLISHING EUROPE, MusicPublisher - DOWNTOWN DMP SONGS OBO BUDDE SONGS INC, MusicPublisher - KOBALT / NETTWERK OBO YOUR FAVOURITE SONGS, MusicPublisher
(C) 2016 Glassnote Entertainment Group LLC, distributed by AWAL (P) 2014 Glassnote Entertainment Group LLC, distributed by AWAL
Michelle Leonard, Composer - Aurora, MainArtist - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Nicolas Rebscher, Composer - DOWNTOWN DLJ SONGS LLC OBO ROLF BUDDE MUSIKVERLAG GMBH, MusicPublisher - Aurora Aksnes, Composer - DOWNTOWN DMP SONGS OBO BUDDE SONGS INC, MusicPublisher - DOWNTOWN DLJ SONGS LLC OBO EDITION INVEST IN STARS, MusicPublisher
(C) 2016 Glassnote Entertainment Group LLC, distributed by AWAL (P) 2014 Glassnote Entertainment Group LLC, distributed by AWAL
Aurora, MainArtist - Odd Martin Skålnes, Composer - Aurora Aksnes, Composer - KOBALT MUSIC PUB AMERICA I OBO KMR MUSIC ROYALTIES II SCSP, MusicPublisher - UNIVERSAL TUNES, A DIVISIO OBO INSIEME SONGS, MusicPublisher
(C) 2016 Glassnote Entertainment Group LLC, distributed by AWAL (P) 2014 Glassnote Entertainment Group LLC, distributed by AWAL
Aurora, MainArtist - Jonny Wright, Composer - Aurora Aksnes, Composer - KOBALT MUSIC PUB AMERICA I OBO KMR MUSIC ROYALTIES II SCSP, MusicPublisher - DOWNTOWN DMP SONGS OBO BUDDE SONGS INC, MusicPublisher
(C) 2016 Glassnote Entertainment Group LLC, distributed by AWAL (P) 2014 Glassnote Entertainment Group LLC, distributed by AWAL
Aurora, MainArtist - Odd Martin Skålnes, Composer - Magnus Skylstad, Composer - Aurora Aksnes, Composer - UNIVERSAL TUNES, A DIVISIO OBO INSIEME SONGS, MusicPublisher - ULTRA TUNES OBO ULTRA MUSIC PUBLISHING EUROPE, MusicPublisher - DOWNTOWN DMP SONGS OBO BUDDE SONGS INC, MusicPublisher
(C) 2016 Glassnote Entertainment Group LLC, distributed by AWAL (P) 2014 Glassnote Entertainment Group LLC, distributed by AWAL
Michelle Leonard, Composer - Aurora, MainArtist - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - BMG PLATINUM SONGS OBO BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT GMBH (GE, MusicPublisher - Aurora Aksnes, Composer - Alf Lund Godbolt, Composer - DOWNTOWN DLJ SONGS LLC OBO BUDDE MUSIC PUB GMBH, MusicPublisher - DOWNTOWN DMP SONGS OBO BUDDE SONGS INC, MusicPublisher
(C) 2016 Glassnote Entertainment Group LLC, distributed by AWAL (P) 2014 Glassnote Entertainment Group LLC, distributed by AWAL
Michelle Leonard, Composer - Aurora, MainArtist - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Alex Knolle, Composer - Nicolas Rebscher, Composer - DOWNTOWN DLJ SONGS LLC OBO ROLF BUDDE MUSIKVERLAG GMBH, MusicPublisher - Magnus Skylstad, Composer - Janis Liphardt, Composer - Aurora Aksnes, Composer - Odd Martin Skånes, Composer - UNIVERSAL TUNES, A DIVISIO OBO INSIEME SONGS, MusicPublisher - ULTRA TUNES OBO ULTRA MUSIC PUBLISHING EUROPE, MusicPublisher - DOWNTOWN DMP SONGS OBO BUDDE SONGS INC, MusicPublisher - DOWNTOWN DLJ SONGS LLC OBO EDITION INVEST IN STARS, MusicPublisher - UNIVERSAL - POLYGRAM INTER OBO ED. DOLSIRA, MusicPublisher
(C) 2016 Glassnote Entertainment Group LLC, distributed by AWAL (P) 2014 Glassnote Entertainment Group LLC, distributed by AWAL
Aurora, MainArtist - Odd Martin Skålnes, Composer - Aurora Aksnes, Composer - KOBALT MUSIC PUB AMERICA I OBO KMR MUSIC ROYALTIES II SCSP, MusicPublisher - DOWNTOWN DMP SONGS OBO ROLF BUDDE MUSIKVERLAG GMBH, MusicPublisher
(C) 2016 Glassnote Entertainment Group LLC, distributed by AWAL (P) 2014 Glassnote Entertainment Group LLC, distributed by AWAL
Aurora, MainArtist - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Tom Hull, Composer - Aurora Aksnes, Composer - DOWNTOWN DMP SONGS OBO BUDDE SONGS INC, MusicPublisher
(C) 2016 Glassnote Entertainment Group LLC, distributed by AWAL (P) 2014 Glassnote Entertainment Group LLC, distributed by AWAL
Aurora, MainArtist - Edvard Forre Erfjord, Composer - Henrik Barman Michelsen, Composer - Aurora Aksnes, Composer - KOBALT MUSIC PUB AMERICA I OBO SAN REMO MUSIC LIMITED, MusicPublisher - DOWNTOWN DMP SONGS OBO BUDDE SONGS INC, MusicPublisher
(C) 2016 Glassnote Entertainment Group LLC, distributed by AWAL (P) 2014 Glassnote Entertainment Group LLC, distributed by AWAL
Aurora, MainArtist - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Odd Martin Skålnes, Composer - Magnus Skylstad, Composer - Aurora Aksnes, Composer - DOWNTOWN DMP SONGS OBO BUDDE SONGS INC, MusicPublisher
(C) 2016 Glassnote Entertainment Group LLC, distributed by AWAL (P) 2014 Glassnote Entertainment Group LLC, distributed by AWAL
Album review
Steeped in gelid electronic textures, pulsing beats, and yearning modalities, Aurora's All My Demons Greeting Me as a Friend also blends vivid lyrical imagery with parts fantasy and heartache for a haunting full-length debut. The 12-track album by Norwegian singer and songwriter Aurora Aksnes includes two European charters from her prior EP, 2015's Running with the Wolves. Both gray-shaded numbers about being out of place, "Runaway" and "Running with the Wolves" turn out to be the average of what the substantial LP offers rather than standouts. With a soundscape that finds danger lurking in the corners, "Runaway" has echoing water droplet effects, creeping screeches, and windswept transitions among its sparse arrangement and lyrics like "I was running far away, would I run off the world some day?" What sets Aurora apart from the field of dark, spare electro-pop (Lorde, Lykke Li) are elaborate, soaring melodies and a pure, lilting soprano that on several tracks seems presented with minimal studio tampering, an impression made more likely by the singer's reputation for live performance. While much of the album is brooding if not downright wretched -- "Murder Song" has the protagonist recounting the story of her own death, though lyrics are tempered by a club-ready mix -- it's not without moments of lightness. The rousing "Conqueror" is sweetly melodic and decidedly perkier than anything on her debut EP. A song like "I Went Too Far" has a solemn text but an uplifting, synth-swirling chorus and dance-insistent beat. One of the lasting impressions of All My Demons Greeting Me as a Friend, as suggested by its title, is a supernatural aura created not just by spacy electronics but by the songwriter's nature-themed lyrics that have her regularly identifying with or immersing herself in the elements ("Walking in my sleep like the naked trees"). Titles like "Black Water Lilies" and "Winter Bird" denote songs about overcoming forces both in the natural and mental realms. Still a teenager at the time of the album's release, Aurora proves to be an already skilled fashioner of dynamic, affecting pop.
© Marcy Donelson /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:46:48
- Main artists: Aurora
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Glassnote Entertainment Group LLC
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock Alternative & Indie
(C) 2016 Glassnote Entertainment Group LLC, distributed by AWAL (P) 2016 Glassnote Entertainment Group LLC, distributed by AWAL
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