Great Doubt, by Astrid Sonne

Great Doubt

by Astrid Sonne

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zensounds The Danish-born, London-based artist celebrates a breakthrough on her outstanding third solo album. With its unpretentious vocals, lo-fi production techniques and experimental songwriting, “Great Doubt” reminds me of Tirzah and Mica Levi’s art school pop. It’s definitely Sonne’s most personal and courageous album to date – just 27 minutes long, but with a high replay value. Favorite track: Give my all.

Drane_Tapes_Records Already from previous works it was clear that she would make a good album, but here she has outdone herself... amazing Favorite track: Everything is unreal.

Linthberg to find an artist like this and step into her world is SUCH a good friday!!!

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Great Doubt (clear vinyl)
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1.	Light and heavy 01:01	buy track
2.	Do you wanna 03:21	buy track
3.	Give my all 04:00	buy track
4.	Almost 02:52	buy track
5.	Boost 03:35	buy track
6.	Everything is unreal 04:03	buy track
7.	Staying here 02:27	buy track
8.	Overture 01:21	buy track
9.	Say you love me 04:07	buy track

about

“Great Doubt” is the third full length LP by Danish composer Astrid Sonne. Throughout her acclaimed discography, Astrid Sonne has been carefully crafting different moods through electronic and acoustic instrumental endeavours. On “Great Doubt” this skill is refined, now with the distinct addition of the composer's own vocal in front. The tone of each track is unmistakably Sonne’s, structured around contrasts through an impeccable sense of timing. Lyrics on the album are sparse, merely highlighting different scenes or emotional states of being, leaving the music to fill in the blanks. Yet they also form a pattern of ambiguity, consolidated through the album title, searching for answers through looking at how and what you are asking, questions for the world, questions of love.

The viola, a trusted companion since Astrid Sonne’s youth, appears effortlessly throughout the album, fully integrated into the sonic universe; through a pizzicato driven arrangement in the poignant track “Almost” or along with booms and claps in mutated cinematic stabs during “Give my all”, paraphrasing Mariah Carey's 1997 ballad. Yet the string section also gives way to explorations of woodwinds, counterbalancing the bowed movements with digital brass and airy flutes. Finally, beats and detuned piano are fresh additions to the soundscape, cementing how Sonne’s practice is always evolving into new territories.

credits

released January 26, 2024

All songs written and produced by Astrid Sonne
Drums on “Do you wanna” and “Boost” by Astrid Sonne
Guitar on “Do you wanna” by Jasper Marsalis
Guitar on “Almost” by Alvilda Reiter Jakobsen
Cello on “Everything is unreal” by Emma Barnaby
Saxophone on “Overture” and “Say you love me” by Ben Vince
Mix by Astrid Sonne and Nis Bysted
Master by ET Mastering
Art direction and photography by Conrad Pack

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Astrid Sonne London, UK

Astrid Sonne is a Danish composer and viola player, currently based in London.

Photo by Conrad Pack

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Apr 27

Le Botanique

Brussels, Belgium
Jun 7

EartH

London, UK
Sep 23

Public Records

New York (NYC), NY
Oct 1

2220 Arts + Archives

Los Angeles (LA), CA

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