söndag 6 Jan 2013, 22:26

Sun. 6 Jan 2013

Hello again popfans!

Okay, so the last entry I wrote wasn't my last one for this week, but this one will be it for a while. Again, that may change at some point in the future.

This entry is just a short post about a newish female artist I am recently listening to (I say newish because I first heard her last year). Her name is Hafdis Huld, and she is a singer-songwriter from Reykjavik, Iceland. Lately I heard her recent tune "Pop Song" and I like it— recalling a little bit of later period Saint Etienne (as well as Club 8) what I like the most about it is Huld's singing. She has a beautiful voice; light and sweet, it sounds very mellow and reassuring. I had the following to say about her to a musical friend:

"Concerning Halfdis Huld's "Pop Song" I heard it all the way through again and this time I liked it, for some reason I could appreciate it more. That song sounds Saint Etiennish just a bit—like them during their "Smash The System: Singles And More" compilation era. I will try and see what else strikes my fancy from her, sometime. :-). " She is very beautiful as well :-)

I had heard her previously a little bit and I have the feeling I will be listening to her songs for a while now. I told my musical friend also that "she sings like she is having a beautiful conversation with the listener late at night." Her voice evokes images of an intimate and beautiful setting, like a lovely young woman's room decorated with a gorgeous nature motif, or a tea party where the listener is the guest and a beautiful girl is delighted to have you around, and for you to listen to her stories—surrounded by pretty floral décor and lace while she is sweetly speaking her words. Just amazing!

In conclusion, I thought I would write a post on her because she is a young beautiful artist that it's good for indiepop fans to know about, because she is perhaps the future successor to the mantle of another wonderful European band, Club 8. If any people reading this like Saint Etienne, Club 8 or even Sally Shapiro I think they should check her out, because I feel she may go far in the future. She writes intelligent pop songs that any fan of indie female vocalists does well to explore. She's so cool too! Her attitude is fresh, lovely, and fun…and isn't that what pop should be?

Thank you for reading.