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Album Reviews
Album Review: Mia Vigar – True Adventures Happen Inside Your Head (Hungry Audio)
By CMU Editorial | Published on Monday 10 November 2008
As the title suggests, Mia Vigar’s world is one of dreams, of fairytales, of fantasy. The Finnish songstress weaves elegant soundscapes reminiscent of Yo La Tengo with the kind of skill that Bjork might even be proud of, and the results are for the most part alluringly soothing. That said, whilst such feather-pillow melodies make up the most part of this album, there are all sorts of other compositions thrown in the mix, keeping the listener from actually drifting off. Discordant ‘Soothsayer’ is as sinister as it is loud, and a couple of tracks showcase a more mature approach to the catchy Cockney-pop that Kate Nash and Lily Allen are currently lol-ing about the charts. For the most part, it seems like she is trying to play up the Scandinavian half of her identity, possibly to help her stand out from the crowd, yet she evidently can’t stop her southern birthplace sneaking its influence in on some of the more ‘standard’ songs. She even tries her hand at some more outlandish tracks, leaving the comfort zone of her curious pop songwriting behind and embracing a more bizarre, almost Zappa-esque weirdness. It’s this willingness to stretch herself for the good of the album that makes this such an interesting release; fourteen tracks of blissed out melodic harmony would have done the trick, but this plethora of stylings work together to give a surreal, ethereal appeal that far surpasses any expectations of this relatively unknown talent. ME
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