Music For People In Trouble

This was unexpected. Honestly, I was a little bored in the first half, but the second half really caught my interest until the finale. I believe, if there is an afterlife, the last track on the album, "Mountaineers" with John Grant (who I love), will be playing as you ascend into Heaven. What a wonderful song that almost had me in tears it was so beautiful. Was a 3.5 for me at first, but easy 4. Great album.

You get teleported to some magical, norse fairytale with angelic singing. Lovely album to dream away

Haunting and lovely. Would make for a good "walk in the woods in autumn" album.

At last! A brilliant album that's been handpicked. Well done whoever you are 👍

Chilling album. Felt like Joanna Newsom. Nice lil listen.

The roughness of this, the voice and the simplicity, yet somehow complex structure really get to me. Nicely chosen!

Sundfør is completely off my radar, so this record is a grower for now, close in time and to its likely worse contemporaries. But there's plenty about which I can speak glowingly. A big part of me likes to spice up science fiction - ahem, putting away childish things speculative fiction - as really about ideas, really about the present, a real source of potential and not mere entertainment. And there are two instruments which apply a space schema to country music: Synths and steel. Plenty of the former here, but understated; Music for People in Trouble time-travels, is timeless, ventures out by dabbling back. Melancholy, but there's hope in its complexity.

This made me feel more intelligent if that makes sense. Great add.

Good.shit. 5

This odd phenomenon of Scandanavians sounding like some variety of American pop singers... still I liked this a lot, other than the spoken word bits that felt a little pasted on and pretentious to me.

7/10. This was nice, but it didn't quite hit home for me.

Quite excellent stuff, very moody and cutting in its restraint.

WOW. I had never heard of this artist before and from the very beginning it grabbed me. Simply sublime. Familiar-sounding yet completely distinctive. I have a feeling this will become a regular part of my listening rotation, and I will check out her other work as well. Thank you to whoever added this to the list! 4 stars.

Pop. Folk. Melódico. Tranquilo.

Weird. Beautiful. Weird. I have loved a few songs, especially 'The Sound of War'

C'est doux et c'est bon. C'est scandinave a ce que je vois et je ne suis pas familier avec l'artiste mais c'est Un style que j'aime vraiment. 3.75

Chill, mellow, and folksy. An after-dinner mint.

Delightful voice, chill tunes

Solid compositions

I really loved the voice and atmospheric vibe on this album and enjoyed listening to it.

ugh, more twee waify folk. I'm sure it's very sophisticated and stylish in Scandinavia but boooooooo hiss. 2/5.

Mellow drama.

Beautifully sung and mostly very sparse arrangements. Starts well, like a purer Lana Del Rey, then, for me, just gets a bit boring. However, i can see why it has been submitted as a strong “album to hear before you die” in the same vein as fellow Scandinavian Bjork’s minimalist folk albums.

Folk poetry mostly one star

This album is stunning. Suzanne Sundfør’s voice is powerful and arresting and her lyrics are thought provoking and exploratory. There are moments of pure minimalism punctuated by lush synthesized arrangements that provide the perfect complement. This is folk/chamber pop at some of its best. The album is just absurdly beautiful. It is one of the best records I’ve heard in a while.

It's a rare treat to find an album with a twist. Up to five minutes into the fourth track, 'The Sound of War', this is a really nice straight singer songwriter album. Then the listener is hit by a three minute sound collage, followed by the ambient spoken word title track. It stays brilliantly weird from there. Atmospheric soundscapes form the basis or context of the remaining songs and enhance the emotional heft of the record, making a fascinating and affecting listen. The sounds wash over the listener, bringing them into the album's world. A triumph of ambition, creativeness and sequencing. I can only see the record getting even more interesting with further listens. Rating: 4.5 Playlist track: Noone Believes in Love Anymore Date listened: 30/07/24

Well this was just lovely. Excellent choice!

This one was pretty.

Norway? Hell yeah, Norway! At first I just thought this was very lovely, but maybe not super distinctive, and then it proved me wrong by going to some very interesting places. Moog?! I love this lots!

Quite a cool listen. I was surprised by how much I enjoyed this. 7/10

Great find. Thanks for adding the album.

Never heard of her before. Right from the start, I knew this was something I would really like. Thanks to the submitter of this album. I think it is amazing. I would definitely listen to other albums by her as well. I look forward to getting to know this album better over time. 4/5

Rating: 7/10 Best songs: Mantra, God luck bad luck, The sound of war, Undercover

I'm saved

beautiful, very much enjoyed

This was very low key - a bit too much so maybe at times - but mostly lovely listen.

This was so lovely, thanks for sharing it. Slyly minimalist at the outset, with surprising depth that develops as the album progresses. Susanne Sundfør's vocal isn't the best, but it suits the mood perfectly. Fave Songs: Undercover, Reincarnation, The Golden Age, The Sound of War, No One Believes in Love Anymore, Mountaineers

This was a wonderful surprise of an album. Gentle, atmospheric and really beautiful. Will be listening again!

Super, super cool album, I seriously dig this one. Ethereal, urgent, natural, a lot going on here. Scattered voices, sounds from out of left field, didn't know what to expect around each turn. Especially loved the title track, a lot of the electronic blips and stuff reminded me of the score from Night Gallery's "A Feast of Blood" segment - essential viewing. Loved this album, exactly the sort of thing I'd like to find on a list like this. Favorite tracks: Music for People in Trouble, Reincarnation, The Sound of War, Undercover, The Golden Age, Mountaineers. Album art: A statute of a woman with a treeline behind. Are we to believe this is the artist reincarnated, or was she perhaps the subject in a past life? There's an eerie lifelike quality to this statute, I appreciate it. 4.5/5

I really dislike using the word "medieval" here, but it does have that feel to it. Slow, patient, very heavy on the story telling emphasis. It's gorgeous. I think the speaking parts laced throughout bring it down a bit, but I think it's something you could, with time, grow to not mind. Favorite tracks: "Good Luck Bad Luck", "Undercover"

This was a pleasant listening experience.

Chamber folk. Relajante. Ni fu ni fa.

Pretty good

Pretty

This was a very unique album and knowing a user submitted this makes it even cooler. Some songs didn’t resonate with me but I got lost in others. Very ethereal.

At first I thought this was gonna be a gillian welch type country album but then it went in about every direction a singer-songwriter album can. It started country but went into folk, jazz, fantasy, even ambient stuff at times which was cool.

This was already going to be an uphill battle as I’m not usually one for slower singer-songwriter efforts, but Sundfør’s predilection for sub-60 BPM tracks across the entire LP made this one a slog. Next to no rhythmic or dynamic contrast, cloying lyrics, and straight love songs across the board meant this was well outside my wheelhouse and honestly kind of annoying. Susanne may have a killer voice, but 45 minutes of boomerish whining about how nO oNe BeLiEveS iN lOvE AnYmoRe would be a tough sell even if it was coming from a choir of angels.

This feels like a lot of the modern pop music that I’ve been forced to listen by my SO however this one is a bit less up beat and more melodramatic. Something about foreign artists that have good vocals that really enjoy having a melancholy style of music. I’d be more inclined to listen to Benee or some other pop artists than this album. It wasn’t terrible, but it’s just not my taste. 5.3/10

She can sing, but these songs do nothing for me. I can see why others would like it, but thisbkind of music just makes me very sleepy.

Some of it was decent. There were parts that were super weird. Not sure why someone would want to add this, I will round down.