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With the powerful, but very intense “Intoxicated” led by the electric guitar and the emotionally seductive “Friday”, Amelie Tobien had already very conspicuously drummed the drum for her second album “Monument”. The ten songs are a statement at a time between fear and hope.
The Salzburg songwriter stands up in front of all the hopeless and makes it clear to them that everyone creates their very own monument. With everything he does, what he stands for, what he says and what he sings.
Tobien builds her own monument from the wonderfully harmonious “Fall Into My Arms” (in a duet with Ian Fisher) to the highly sensitive “See Through” and the playful, heart-pounding “Little Garden”.
She always hits the right note between folk, pop and rock, just enough so that the messages don’t get lost in the musical arrangement, but always remain very clear on the surface. A lot is right here, because a songwriter feels herself – and you can hear that at any time.
Amelie Tobien “Monument” (Assim Records)
Sound worlds of emotions
Running away is useless. Especially not from himself. The 17-year-old Viennese Arrie addresses this feeling in “Run Away”, an easy-going pop song with an outrageously catchy melody. A promise for the future.
Go your way as you are. It’s a simple and clear message from the songwriter Virginia Ernest, who sings in German for the first time. Life is change, priorities change in life stages, which also has to do with responsibility. Anyone who has children knows that yesterday suddenly has no meaning anymore.
“Just as you want” is a pop song for the power of your own strength and preferences, which you shouldn’t let be diverted from, because you’re just as good as you are. Small blemish: Virginia Ernst is very close to Sarah Connor’s “Vincent”.
Florian artist, the songwriter from Lübeck touches in a lyrical-poetic way. On “I keep watch” he sings about unconditionally keeping to a connected person. Even if he is fighting “against 1000 enemies”, he must and may feel that he is not alone. A song with depth and goose bumps.
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