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A second album adds depth to the picture, otherwise the first record stands alone as a snapshot of brilliance without any real indication of where the journey is heading.'Aventine' is a beautiful record, intriguingly unhurried. If the first record was a wander through the forest, this one takes the time to see the beauty and feel the texture in a single leaf.  It is at once microcosmic and universal. 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Now she returns with her highly anticipated new album \u003cem\u003eMyopia\u003c\/em\u003e – through Deutsche Grammophon.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFollowing the same principles as with her previous albums (\u003cem\u003ePhilharmonics\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eAventine\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eCitizen Of Glass\u003c\/em\u003e), which she completed as a one-woman project in her own Berlin home studio, Obel has been under self-imposed creative isolation with the removal of all outside influences and distractions in the writing, recording, and mixing process. “The albums I’ve worked on have all required that I build a bubble of some kind in which everything becomes about the album.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e“For me, the production is intertwined with the lyrics and story behind the songs,” says Obel. This is precisely what makes her music so compelling and the same is true with \u003cem\u003eMyopia\u003c\/em\u003e. “Paradoxically, for me, I need to create my own myopia to make music.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eObel was experimenting with techniques of recording processing, warping, and pitching down vocals, strings, piano, celesta, and lutheal piano, finding ways to meld these elements together to become one and twisting them in a way that you feel at home within the sound she conjures throughout the record.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAlthough Obel’s music can often curate a monologue of modern-day dystopian-esque news stories that we are all now subject to, the contents of \u003cem\u003eIsland Of Doom\u003c\/em\u003e are much more personal, as she explains: “The song is made up of pitched-down piano and cello pizzicato and vocals, all choirs are pitched down and up… In my experience when someone close to you dies it is simply impossible to comprehend that you can’t ever talk to them or reach them somehow ever again. 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'on powdered ground' uses the bare minimum and still manages to sound full and when she begins to harmonises with herself it becomes almost rich whilst still retaining an air of sparseness. one of the many highlights is a cover of john cale's '(i keep a) close watch' which builds slowly swells for the chorus and has an effortless weightless elegance that contrasts with the metronomic piano. she declares herself as a devotee of roy orbison and whilst it isn't obvious there is some similarity in the simplicity of the songs and 'over the hill' has the sort of structure and sentiment that you can imagine him mesmerising his audience with. the simplicity and clarity of these songs turns them into mini soundtracks.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"No Label","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":50479203156299,"sku":"368991","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50479203680587,"sku":"331381","price":7.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/b6315e99-6190-4278-803e-33c3496bfd71_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727577771"},{"product_id":"island-of-doom","title":"Island Of Doom","description":"\u003cp\u003eAgnes Obel's\u003ci\u003e Island of Doom\u003c\/i\u003e taken from her forthcoming 2020 album is available here on 7\".\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blue Note","offers":[{"title":"7\"","offer_id":50498470314315,"sku":"1079129","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/7afdd504-6eea-4e1a-bbd9-d12faa58f211_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727748769"},{"product_id":"citizen-of-glass","title":"Citizen of Glass","description":"\u003cp\u003eHighly anticipated stunning third album from Danish born singer- songwriter Agnes Obel, the follow up to her UK breakthrough record \u003ci\u003eAventine\u003c\/i\u003e. 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