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An almost perfect blend of voice & music; lyrics unpicking emotion to reveal the yearning howl.
Wrapped in headphones, in the dark, allow her unfettered access to yourself.
Favorite track: Sleep With Dried Up Tears.
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With this debut recording, Elizabeth Anka Vajagic sets her vocals against a backdrop led by ragged guitars, moving from harrowing, dry-as-a-bone intimacy (“With Hopes Lost”, “Iceland”) to reverb-soaked torch-song balladry (“Around Here”, “Sleep With Dried Up Tears”), and the odd explosive noise freak-out along the way (“Where You Wonder”). Vajagic’s voice and lyrics are uniquely powerful, able to move across a considerable range while remaining guttural, unflinching and honest as hell. Through much cross-pollination with the local noise/improv scene, Elizabeth assembled a fine cast of players to add textures and arrangements to the seven tracks on this record, making for an intense cycle of songs peppered with skittering drums, contrebasse, cello, harmonium, piano, bowed cymbals, and oud. Guest players include Chris Burns and Simon Fazakerly (Crackpot) on guitars, Beckie Foon (Silver Mt. Zion, Esmerine) on cello, Michel Langevin (Voivod) on drums, Fluffy Erskine (Molasses, Hrsta) on musical saw, Sam Shalabi (Land Of Kush) on oud and Efrim (GYBE, SMZ) on piano, harmonium, guitar and backing vocals. The album was recorded by Howard Bilerman at the original Hotel2Tango in Montreal
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released March 15, 2004
PERSONNEL
E.A.V.: guitar, baby piano, voice
Chris Burns: guitar
Michel Langevin: drums
Marc Peetsma: bass
GUESTS
Fluffy Erskine: saw on TRACK 2
Simon Fazakerly: guitar on TRACK 5
Beckie Foon: cello on TRACKS 1, 3
Efrim Menuck: piano, voice on TRACK 1; harmonium on TRACK 3; guitar on TRACK 6
Sam Shalabi: oud on TRACK 6
Recorded and mixed at the Hotel2Tango in Montreal by Howard Bilerman, winter 2003. Mastered by Harris Newman.
Elizabeth is a singer and guitarist writing raw, uncompromising gothic folk/blues music with modern dissonances and timeless
catharses. She was born in Montreal and has been unleashing her devastating voice in chillingly controlled doses for years now. Vajagic has performed solo and with a rotating cast of support musicians, including Mike Moya (Hrsta), Eric and Gen (Hangedup) and Harris Newman....more
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As I listen to this album more and more I start discover aspects that I hadn't felt before. My love for every individual track continues to grow, but Change has remained in my heart as a deep drive to get me through the day. seonghi
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Not her more accessible album, to put it mildly. There are some tracks with a hidden beauty, but in most of them, the text is king and music almost disappears. Maybe it should have been released as "Spoken word"? alfayate
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During a long period of time, I couldnt listen to anything else thanThrobbing Gristle, PTV then a long Coil period. Swans managed to move from one obsession to another... And I discovered Anna von Hausswolff (I know, she played with the Swans, I wasn't too far from home!)
Nevertheless, I rarely am that mesmerised by a song, its beauty, its strength, its dark corners.
The strength of both versions was enough to burn its mark in my heart and soul. uberwenig