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...
I have really been enjoying Victoria Bergsman's aka Taken By Trees's debut album East Of Eden recently. Besides having a lovely Scandinavian voice that lazily croons throughout every track (ahhh!..love) and besides being named after one of my favorite books, the album includes a rather creative take on the decades 9th best song. "My Boys," sticks with the repetition of the original but this ti...
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.
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
Taken by Trees ~ “My Boys”mp3 downloadSo it ’s a cover of Animal Collective’s “My Girls“, but its still pretty cool. The video reminds me of science videos from back in the day. Taken by Trees, aka Victoria Bergsman, is releasing the album East of Eden on Sept. 8th. Bergsman is Swedish (ex Concretes, and [...]
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 [...]
Sure, it may be “My Boys” instead of “My Girls”, but this is still a Animal Collective cover. A mighty good one at that.Taken By Trees is the project of Victoria Bergsman, a Swedish singer and songwriter that you all have probably have heard of, without even knowing it! She is the female singer who [...]
Here is the video for "My Boys" which comes off of Taken By Trees latest album East of Eden. The song, which is a cover of Animal Collective's "My Girls", is definitely one of my favorite tracks off of the new album, which I really like a lot. You can pick up East of Eden now from Rough Trade.
Taken By Trees - My Boys (Animal Collective Cover)There’s not much more that can be said about Animal Collective’s hit extraordinaire “My Girls,”...(Visit my blog for more!)
I would love to do a remix of this cover. This is a cover of an Animal Collective track called, “My Girls”. Taken by Trees is the moniker used by Victoria Bergsman, whom you might recognize as the voice from Peter Bjorn and John’s, “Young Folks”. The instrumentation on this track reminds me of Vampire Weekend.Taken By Trees - [...]
Victoria Bergsman’s (ex-The Concretes) other band Taken By Trees has just released a new video for the soft-hearted cover of Animal Collective’s “My Girls” (renamed “My Boys” for a personal touch). Most of her new album East Of Eden has a strong world music influence (it was recorded in Pakistan with sufi musicians) except “My [...]