Whoa, hi. I just emerged from a myspace vortex. One of the places I ended up was Great Aunt Ida's page, which reminds me to tell you about Great Aunt Ida. (Even myspace has its uses.)
Great Aunt Ida features Vancouver fixture Ida Nilsson on songs and piano, with a variety of subdued, mostly acoustic bandmates (trumpet, drums, bass). I think of them as songs for night time in a quiet bar, or with friends in a kitchen. Or maybe for poignant roadtrips.
The first album, Our Fall was quite sparse, moody and songwriter-y. I finally checked out some stuff from the brand new disk, How They Fly, and it's rather more confident and full-- big warm piano chords and horns, and solid pop rhythms-- but Ida's singing is still unaffected and intimate, almost like she's just talking to you. Impressive! Some favourites of mine:
- Water and Bones, from Our Fall
- We Say No, from How They Fly
More on the Great Aunt Ida website.
My Trusted MOGs
It's wonderful to see them mentioned - I only own one album but having had been on their site I may have to track down the other.
My Trusted MOGs
Wow that sounds pretty awesome. Thanks ookpik!