Arriving quietly in January of this year, the third album from Danish composer, songwriter, violinist, and vocalist Astrid Sonne is getting a limited repress for those who missed the boat. With hypnotic electronic landscapes of arpeggiated synth drones, piano stabs, distorted drums and the voice, Great Doubt garnered thoughtfully praising reviews upon its release, and its cult status has only grown across the year. The Guardian compared Sonne's trajectory to that of Mica Levi or Julia Holter, while Pitchfork revelled in her blossoming pop instincts. - Flying Out
“Great Doubt” is the third full length LP by Danish composer Astrid Sonne. Throughout her acclaimed discography, Astrid Sonne has been carefully crafting different moods through electronic and acoustic instrumental endeavours. On “Great Doubt” this skill is refined, now with the distinct addition of the composer's own vocal in front. The tone of each track is unmistakably Sonne’s, structured around contrasts through an impeccable sense of timing. Lyrics on the album are sparse, merely highlighting different scenes or emotional states of being, leaving the music to fill in the blanks. Yet they also form a pattern of ambiguity, consolidated through the album title, searching for answers through looking at how and what you are asking, questions for the world, questions of love.
Tracklist
- Light and heavy
- Do you wanna
- Give my all
- Almost
- Boost
- Everything is unreal
- Staying here
- Overture
- Say you love me