The instruments on Citizen Of Glass seem like an introduction to baroque. When Agnes Obel started on her third album in 2014, she already announced that she wanted to work less with the piano and more with, for example, the spinet and harpsichord. Also popping up here: cello, violin, mellotron, celesta and a rare trautonium; a 1920s instrument with a resistance wire that is pressed over a metal
… plate to create sound. It should be clear: the Danish singer-songwriter, influenced by French composers such as , and , makes music to listen to very well and with concentration. Whoever does that will be rewarded. Citizen Of Glass - the title refers to the lack of privacy in this age of social media - is Obel's richest album to date. Just listen to the hushed Stone, or the horrifyingly beautiful single Familiair. In it she enters into a duet with her own voice, which is so distorted that it appears to belong to a man. A piece of technology that proves that Agnes Obel is also completely contemporary. (RME)more
