Jennie Abrahamson's new single ""Late night show" is now streaming at myspace along with a remix by Robert Svensson: http://www.myspace.com/jennieabrahamson
There's also a video for the track and you can peep it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXNlisSRs1M&fmt=18
Swedish singer/songwriter Jennie Abrahamson will release a new album on September 16. Expect samples and more details to be posted shortly.
Jennie Abrahamson's old band Yukon, AK has created a new myspace page for songs from their never-released sophomore album: http://www.myspace.com/yukonak
Check out video footage of Thomas Andersson Wij and Jennie Abrahamson performing the closing number "Där får jag andas ut" together live in Malmö from their current tour: http://youtube.com/watch?v=vB9Ibho-KLI
Check out A Beautiful Friend's (ex-Yukon AK) new single "Times like this", featuring guest vocals from fellow Swede Jennie Abrahamson: http://www.myspace.com/abeautifulfriend
Jennie AbrahamsonI have a soft spot for talented pop singers. A decent amount of my time is spent enjoying the works of artists like Imogen Heap, Lily Allen, Annie, Gwen Stefani, Robyn, and others, some guilty pleasures, others with no guilt whatsoever. Jennie Abrahamson, a Norrland girl from the same part of Sweden that birthed the Refused and The Perishers (whose singer, Ola Klüft, is featured on "Wasted heart"), has crafted a solidly produced, though somewhat lacking pop record. The melancholy sounds okay, but it doesn't always feel quite right. Title track "Lights" begins to feel like a meandering and lost expedition when it could easily have bore direction and teeth, and that can be said for a number of tracks. On "Songs we sing", Abrahamson's gorgeous voice sits comfortably alongside a song that has a sense of forward motion. "Lights" could have been so much more, and I hope Jennie Abrahamson's future recordings are - it would be a shame that such a talented vocalist should be overlooked because of lukewarm songwriting.
- Lars Garvey Laing-Peterson
Here's the playlist for this week's radio show, featuring special guest Pontus Levahn from the band Torpedo:
01. Fireside - Let Rasputin do it
02. TALK 1
03. Britta Persson - You are not my boyfriend
04. Hyacinth House - Lucky stranger
05. The Bear Quartet - Sailors
06. TALK 2
07. Jennie Abrahamson - In this life to live
08. Margaret Berger - Seek I'll hide
09. Heroes & Zeros - The foolproof
10. TALK 3
11. Folie - Strum
12. Ellen Beach - The widespread acclaim
13. The Indecision Alarm - Where every fucking dream is killed
14. TALK 4 (INTERVIEW)
15. Torpedo - From Russia with love
16. Rupesh Cartel - Comes the hour comes the man
17. TALK 5 (INTERVIEW)
18. Torpedo - Hospital
19. Tiger Lou - Until I'm there
20. TALK 6 (INTERVIEW)
21. Simon Ryman - Walk with me instead
22. Fanny Risberg - Stay with me forever
23. Lack - Deserters
24. TALK 7
25. The Je Ne Sais Quoi - Manic panic
26. Hebosagil - Slightly confusing
27. Dieter Schöön - The harbour's cold
28. TALK 8
29. Lukestar - White shade
30. Fun - Hold it close
31. The Skull Defekts - The secret
32. TALK 9
33. Laakso - Great times underground
34. CS Nielsen - Black spots
35. Knugen Faller - Lugna favoriter
36. TALK 10
37. Säkert! - Allt som är ditt
Jennie Abrahamson is a singer/songwriter from Sävar in Norrland, Sweden, a small town just a bit north of Umeå. On one hand, her soft pop sound isn't exactly what I normally associate with that part of the country, but I can also understand how it could inspire this sort of sweet, quiet melancholy. At her best, she's reminiscent of Emmylou Harris' more ethereal moments (see: "Wrecking ball"); at her worst, the 80s-esque production robs her of any power by drowning everything in reverb and lame yacht rock tropes. "Songs we sing" features both sides of the equation - it's a good song with a strong vocal performance, but the backing music makes me think of "Take my breath away" by Berlin or, even worse, this song (which I listen to way too often). However, if you can get past that, there is a lot to appreciate. Like I said, it's still a decent song regardless of the production. I just can't handle those damn chimes.
Jennie Abrahamson - Songs we sing
Rasmus Kellerman from Tiger Lou was my guest on this week's radio show and this is what we played:
01. TALK 1
02. Tiger Lou - The loyal
03. Sara Berg - Call me from below
04. Thomas Dybdahl - Maury the Pawn
05. Torpedo - Hospital
06. TALK 2
07. The Je Ne Sais Quoi - Heroica
08. Paris - When I laid my eyes on you
09. Isolation Years - Nurse hands
10. Jennie Abrahamson - Songs we sing
11. TALK 3
12. Firefox AK + Tellevika - Eric
13. Winter Took His Life - Lucky star
14. Knugen Faller - Jag vill inte vara med
15. Favorita - Seven comforts
16. TALK 4
17. Mikael Jonasson - Can you dig this?
18. Lindeberg & Can - Forbidden romance
19. John Dahlbäck - Gas
20. TALK 5
21. Ozgur Can - Changed
22. Aril Brikha - Winter
23. TALK 6
24. Rupesh Cartel - Hide like this
25. Madrugada - Hard to come back
26. Mob - Wait for me
27. TALK 7
28. Tiger Lou - Functions
Swedish singer/songwriter Jennie Abrahamson has posted a new version of an old song on her myspace page: http://www.myspace.com/jennieabrahamson
Recommended! She's got a little Dolly Parton in her voice, but the music is more akin to Kate Bush or David Sylvain.
Digfi has announced the six finalists for the Roland/SAMI Music Award 2005: Janina, Mingå, Baba Guesthouse, Jennie Abrahamson, Ted and 1978. Read more: http://www.digfi.com/default.aspx?id=7103
