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Rebekka Karijord 'Mother Tongue'
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Control Freak Kitten
Rebekka Karijord 'Mother Tongue'
£11.99
Rebekka Karijord's sixth studio album, Mother Tongue, was largely written following the traumatic arrival, three months early, of her first baby. Its extraordinary eleven songs track her experience with uncommon honesty and unshrinking courage. Like a collection of short stories, it chronicles the events surrounding her pregnancy and the agony of nearly losing her daughter, but it's much more than an album about childbirth. Mother Tongue is about instinct, about belonging, and about finding one's own emotional language.
'I never know what my records are about until they're almost done,' Rebekka Karijord admits of Mother Tongue's provenance in a typical, if wry, display of candour. 'It's like a subconscious collecting process, shooting arrows into the dark and then getting out there to see where they have landed. This time, however, it was a bit different - ¦'
The album was recorded in Hawaii, Stockholm & Oslo during 2015 and 2016, and produced, arranged and edited by Karijord with help from Elias Krantz as technician, co-producer and mixer.Other contributors include Mariam Wallentin (Wildbirds & Peacedrums), Linnea Olsson and Nina Kinert (vocals) Jacob Snavely (bass and electronics), Christopher Cantillo (drums), Joe Williamson (upright bass) and regular contributor Anders Scherp (drums & tuned percussion).
Tracklisting:
1. Morula
2. Waimanalo
3. I Will Follow You Into The Wild
4. The Orbit
5. Your Name
6. Six Careful Hands
7. Home
8. Stones
9. Statistics
10. Mother Tongue
11. Mausoleum
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Vinyl Tracklisting:
Side A:
1. Gold
2. Rivers
3. All and Everyone
4. Lead Us Through The Night
5. Trenches
Side B:
6. Palm Trees
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9. And Repeat
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CD Tracklisting:
1. Gold
2. Rivers
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4. Lead Us Through The Night
5. Trenches
6. Palm Trees
7. The Backwards Falconer
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