Ane Brun

Stockholm, Sweden

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"I become aware of the subtle beauty of A Temporary Dive, Bruns second album. Hidden delights like the mystical classicism of the opener "To Let Myself Go" and the bluesy despondency of "My Lover Will Go," augmented by swooping strings, come to the fore, like a stranger walking out of the fog. The minimal accompaniment of Bruns meditative acoustic finger picking, performed with delicacy and troubled expression, in the title track and "Rubber & Soul" gives Brun an appropriately empty stage from which to expel her inner demons in soul-baring lyrics. The same is true of "Laid In Earth," Bruns reverential reworking of a 17th century aria written by Henry Purcell, but its the lovely mix of violins and cello arranged by Malene Bay-Foged that sends it hurtling to the depths of despair. " - LAS Magazine 2006 -

"This Norwegian girl with a guitar has a whiff of the coffeehouse about her, but it's a good coffeehouse. Her depressing songs are monumentally mordant (many are about breakups, one's about death), but she also flashes a sense of humor ("My friend, you left me in the end/ I can't believe I'm writing a song where friend rhymes with end") and really comes out of her shell on Song No. 6, a sweet, stomping duet with fellow melancholic Ron Sexsmith. Most compelling of all is her voice--a mix of Bjork's unpredictability and Joni Mitchell's directness that makes even the dourest material affecting." Time Magazine - 1 of 5 Best Albums of May.By JOSH TYRANGIEL. Sunday, Apr. 30, 2006