Susanne Sundfør ‘blómi’ LP

Five years after Susanne Sundfør redefined her career with the folk-inspired, emotionally effervescent album, ‘Music for People In Trouble’, the Norwegian musician, artist and producer delves even deeper into her personal mythology on the soul-bearing ‘blómi’.
Meaning ‘to bloom’ in Norse, ‘blómi’ takes very unique aspects of Susanne’s life story, like the academic work of her grandfather who is a linguist specialising in Semitic languages, and her own life-changing experiences as a new mother, to weave together a colourful tapestry unlike anything she has released to date.
Sundfør wrote ‘blómi’, above all, as a love letter to her young daughter, a missive to a precious new life entering an unstable world. In the title track, which is anchored around a lush, driving piano arrangement and skin-tingling saxophones, Susanne imparts all her wisdom to her daughter, urging her to take her words with her through life.
Pairing her lyrics with hints of Norse language and mythology, Susanne harks to indigenous Nordic cultures who built matrilineal societies and worshipped divine feminine deities. These roots, this passing from mother to child, is at the core of the music on ‘blómi’.
Winner of the 2018 Phonofile Nordic Music Prize.
LP pressed on 180g black vinyl with gatefold 350gsm 100% recycled board sleeve, 135 gsm art paper inner bag.
 
Catalogue number: BELLA1482V
Condition: New
Label: Bella Union