ANE BRUN DEBUTS “CRUMBS” VIDEO VIA AMERICAN SONGWRITER
TWO NEW LPS
AFTER THE GREAT STORM AND HOW BEAUTY HOLDS THE HAND OF SORROW
OUT NOW TO CRITICAL ACCLAIM
AFTER THE GREAT STORM AND HOW BEAUTY HOLDS THE HAND OF SORROW
OUT NOW TO CRITICAL ACCLAIM
Photo credit: Stian Andersen
December 17, 2020—Today, Norwegian singer-songwriter Ane Brun debuts her new video, “Crumbs,” directed by Stian Andersen via American Songwriter; Watch HERE and read the exclusive interview HERE.
"Brun grouped together songs that encourage deliberation: deliberate thought, deliberate listening and, perhaps most importantly, deliberate processing of the many emotions that have come to the surface during this most trying year," American Songwriter says of the albums.
Brun recently released two new LPs, After The Great Storm and How Beauty Holds The Hand of Sorrow, which were originally intended to be a double album until ultimately deciding to separate into two collections.
NPR New Music Friday praised both albums, saying of After The Great Storm, “what a cinematic, rich collection of songs,” and of How Beauty Holds The Hand of Sorrow, ““so intimate, her voice is just gorgeous throughout... the complexities of each song emerge over time.”
“Both albums deal with the bigger questions in life,” Brun describes, “but in 2020 these questions have become even bigger. Even though I wrote most of them before this whole pandemic started, I feel they all have a message that fits the situation we’re in: frustration over the state of the world, how to grieve for a loved one, existentialism, love, relationships, loneliness, inner struggles, sleepless nights…I guess they’re just about being human.”
Ane Brun has released twelve studio albums over the last fifteen years via her own imprint, Balloon Ranger Records. 2017’s Leave Me Breathless was a collection of covers, featuring reinterpreted versions of hits from Radiohead, Joni Mitchell, Nick Cave, Bob Dylan and more. That same year, Brun was invited to perform at the Nobel Prize Dinner and Polar Music Prize Ceremony, and in 2018 at the Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony. NPR’s “All Things Considered” called 2015’s When I’m Free her “best record yet…her most sonically ambitious.” Her second album A Temporary Dive, which was released in 2005, earned her the Norwegian Grammy for Best Female Artist. The New York Times raved about 2008’s Changing of the Seasons, saying the album “offers the kind of comfort that only well-versed singer-songwriters can give. An album full of sad songs to revel in as the days grow shorter and colder, Seasons is Brun’s strongest work yet.”
Ane Brun continues to see extensive critical acclaim:
"what a cinematic rich
collection of songs,”
collection of songs,”
“Norwegian-born pop singer-songwriter Ane Brun makes
music that fits well into the cinematic world. Her songs are brimming with
life and energy while still touching onfeelings of loss and self-doubt.”
music that fits well into the cinematic world. Her songs are brimming with
life and energy while still touching onfeelings of loss and self-doubt.”
"a slow-burning delight, full of melodies that linger long
after the record has stopped spinning.”
after the record has stopped spinning.”
“[The] entrancing Norwegian singer-songwriter evokes a
haunted Dolly Parton minus the drawl.”
haunted Dolly Parton minus the drawl.”
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