Intelligent alternativ pop

Intelligent alternativ pop

I mere end ti år har Stephen Steinbrink turneret med og indspillet sin mørke og lyriske minimalpop. Den 1. juli udkommer han med et nyt album, 'Anagrams', der er er en række smukke og direkte portrætter af forskellige versioner af det svære menneskelige sind, og ikke mindst hans eget.

"While making Anagrams I felt like I was losing it," siger han. "Lately writing songs almost makes the world seem more chaotic, like I keep digging up re-burying the same old bone. For this album I tried to continue unpacking these forgotten images and memories, except this time without placing any subjective meaning on them, or any expectation of personal growth to occur after. Maybe it's silly to expect the process of making art to be a clarifying act." 

"I don't care about continuing in a tradition of songwriters, and I rarely intentionally self-identify as one. I always wonder if my most recent song is the last one I'll ever write. I try to be more concerned with being open, to imagine myself as a rock or a wrapper or nothing at all. Whenever I can get close to that state of mind the songs come easy, but it seems arbitrary, almost like they would've existed with or without me. I think it's a noble pursuit, to try to be nothing." 

Han er en selvlært producer og startede som så mange andre i soveværelset med en 4-sporsoptager. Siden 2007 har han udgivet et væld af materiale, og udgivelsernes kvalitet bliver hele tiden bedre og 'Anagram' bliver det skarpeste han har leveret. 

Stephen er en slags kunstnerisk nomade i en helt bogstavelig forstand. Når han ikke turnerer USA og Europa tyndt, så bruger han tiden forskellige steder i Amerika med at skrive ny musik - Olympia i Washington, Oakland i Californien og Phoenix i Arizona.

"enlightened and transformative.. he sings 'You can't describe the sublime,' but Steinbrink's own angelic philosophizing has proven otherwise...dreamy though undoubtedly haunted" - Pitchfork 

"polished and fastidiously-crafted...the type of gleaming pop sound that takes real skill and precision" - The Guardian 

"precision alt pop with real heart" - Uncut 

"At first glance his songs pull you in with their calming melodic tendencies but his songwrting craft and well-spun lyrics soon take you a lot deeper." - Avi Buffalo 
 

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