Open Fields, the 2007 debut by former Concretes singer Victoria Bergsman under the name Taken By Trees, was a pleasing enough indie-folk album. Its largely acoustic guitar and orchestral sound did a good job of showcasing the Swedish singer's distinctive fey vocals, but it did lack that magic ingredient truly great albums need. Bergsman recognised this and....more here.
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Taken by Trees quiet and beautiful East of Eden comes out next week, but you can stream the whole thing over at NPR now. Check it out.mp3:Taken by Trees - Sweetnessmp3:Taken By Trees - Watch the Waves (Memory Tapes Version)
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As we quickly approach the end of 2009 we're already starting to look back at some of the great albums we've heard this year. But before we get into 'best of' mode just yet there are still a few releases that we are still looking forward to. One of those releases is the new album from Victoria Bergsman aka Taken By Trees. We posted the first mp3 from the new album, "Watch The Waves", a few w...
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You know how much people are loving Animal Collective’s Merriweather Post Pavilion this year? Enough that we are about to see a cover of song, from an album that came out this year...on another album coming out, THIS YEAR. When does that happen? If you’re a My Girls fan though, you’ll be pleased to find out that Taken By Trees (Victoria Bergsman) has put out a cover called My Boys. It’s
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I’ve been listing to Taken By Trees‘ East Of Eden, their upcoming album out on September 8th via Rough Trade, for the last few weeks now and I’ve decided that it is praiseworthy. Victoria Bergsman went out on a limb and traveled to Pakistan to record the album with sufi musicians. The result is a [...]
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Stockholm's Taken By Trees is the name of Victoria Bergsman's latest solo project, who for eleven years (until 2006) was lead singer of The Concretes. You may recognize The Concretes' song "Say Something New" from the Target commercial. Or maybe not, I don't know how much TV you watch.Before creating Taken By Trees, she collaborated with Peter, Bjorn and John on their infectious, whistle heavy s
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You may recognize the vocals on this track, as Taken by Trees's sole member is Victoria Bergsman, the female vocalist on the Peter Bjorn and John hit "Young Folks" and former lead singer of The Concretes. Being a one-woman group with a psuedonym, a la St. Vincent, Taken by Trees opens Bergsman up to a casual- and earthy-feeling (hence the name) world music approach and this Animal Collective co...
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Victoria Bergsman took a different path this time round with her new album East Of Eden, under the name Taken By Trees, without forgetting the essence of her recordings.How can one forget The Concretes and the sunbeams it shone on us, or her vocals on the track the whole world is familiar with now, “Young [...]
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What really works on 'East Of Eden' is the warmth it exudes, the field recordings of street noise or people talking in the street are done in such a way as to draw you in and soothe.
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You are probably familiar with Victoria Bergsman's work by now. As the lead singer of Swedish twee pop group The Concretes her music was an underground treasure. As the female voice on Peter Bjorn and John's smash "Young Folks" she became a household voice (even if you didn't know her name).The Bjorn Yttling-produced (boy that dude's busy) East Of Eden is Bergsman's second album released under
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<.......With some contending that a cover, no matter how good, is always and only a cover. While others insist a good cover can often be better than the original. Both arguments have merit. A cover is, after all, someone else's work, whether its aped well or badly.....and yet it is true that a good cover can reveal something of a song that perhaps the original missed. I guess I would have ...
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I think we're all justifiably proud of bein' chosen as one of only 1045 MOGgers that Ziplok trusts. What a thrill.But on to the music. Maybe you remember the Concretes, maybe not. Their following in America never rises much above cult status. Their music can be light an' airy or thick an' challenging, but the appeal, for me at least, was the voice of Victoria Bergsman so when she left th...
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The debut album from former Concretes singer Victoria Bergsman, who is recording under the name Taken By Trees, Open Field, was released June 18. Victoria Bergsman, now flying solo. Photo by Helena BlomqvistYeah, I know I should have hipped you to this, like, two or three weeks ago. Better late than never.You can check out three of her new songs here:http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseac...
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What two lucky peeps will be peepin from me !!SUMMER BURN '081. Big Star/ Watch The Sunrise2. Einsturzende Neubauten/ Total Eclipse Of The Sun3. The Real Tuesday Weld/ Turn On The Sun Again4. CoCoRosie/ Sunshine5. Billie Holiday/ Summertime6. Stereolab/ I Was A Sunny Rainphase7. Taken By Trees/ Sunshine Lady8. Erasure/ Sunday Girl9. Yeasayer/ Sunrise10. Broken Social Scene/ Looks Just Like The ...
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You are probably familiar with Victoria Bergsman's work by now. As the lead singer of Swedish twee pop group The Concretes her music was an underground treasure. As the female voice on Peter Bjorn and John's smash "Young Folks" she became a household voice (even if you didn't know her name).The Bjorn Yttling-produced (boy that dude's busy) East Of Eden is Bergsman's second album released under
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