agnes obel

Our Song of the Day is from Agnes Obel, Fuel to the Fire is taken from her second album ‘Aventine’. Watch her beautiful new video produced by David Dean Burkhart.

Aventine finds Agnes Obel in a darker, more plaintive mood following her 2010 breakthrough but all the signs point to a songwriter going from strength to strength.

Hannah Schneider demonstrates her mastery of Scandinavian melancholic pop on her latest single Me vs. I. A great track that will draw the finger back continually to the play button.

I only recently discovered Agnes Obel whilst trawling myspace. She has been described as a cross between Ane Brun and Joanna Newsom. I can understand why the comparison has been made but try and put that out of your mind when you listen, not that my mention of it helps…bit like saying don’t think of pink elephants, alas… her EP, Riverside, features two songs written and performed by herself and …