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Agnes Obel - “Just So”
Philharmonics
I have told you probably one too many times how magical it is watching Timber Timbre live, so on Saturday I was prepared to have my mind blown by Taylor Kirk and his crew. What I wasn’t prepared for was Agnes Obel.
I found Agnes Obel’s opening act one of the most moving musical performances I’ve seen in a long time. The looping of very elegant, quite classical piano, with the haunting sound of her companion’s cello and even more haunting back up vocals, was seriously magnetic. I was sucked in and spit out by their performance. I was so jealous of how incredibly powerful her music was.
I’ve since downloaded Philharmonics and the jealousy continues. She has this Joahnna Newsom sound but it I find it more accessible and easier to dive into, and with instrumentation that appeals more to my piano sensibilities (oh and I need to get a cellist… stat).
I’m have listened to this album over and over and over and I just love it. It’s calming, its clever and thoughtful, but above all really beautiful. This album makes a quiet but moving companion for the days that have gotten too short.
-M
