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Astrid Williamson - Pulse

Astrid Williamson

Pulse


Captivated by a performance from Brian Eno's Pure Scenius project at the 2010 Brighton Festival, Shetland-born chanteuse Astrid Williamson had a brainwave for her fifth studio album, Pulse, and subsequently bombarded guitarist Leo Abrahams with dozens of demos until he agreed to work with the former Goya Dress frontwoman. With someone so closely associated with the Roxy Music maverick on board, it's no surprise that the follow-up to 2009's Here Come the Vikings veers away from her usual alt-rock sound in favor of an otherworldly blend of acoustic dream pop and ambient electronica, but it's still a joy to discover how natural and effortless the change in direction is. Indeed, 13 years into he...

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