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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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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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Leaving The Concretes might've been the toughest and hardest choice Bergsman has ever made, but after this show it's impossible to see it as something negative.
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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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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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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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