Our Broken Garden
Our Broken Garden are a Danish dream pop group, essentially the solo project of Efterklang touring keyboard player Anna Brønsted.[1]
Our Broken Garden | |
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Origin | Denmark |
Genres | Dream pop |
Years active | 2008 | –2012
Labels | Bella Union |
Associated acts | Efterklang |
Members | Anna Brønsted, with
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History
The project has also featured guitarist/keyboardist Søren Bigum, bassists Moogie Johnson and Nis Tyrrestrup, and drummer Poul Terkildsen.[2][3] After Brønsted posted her music on MySpace, it was found by Simon Raymonde, who subsequently signed Our Broken Garden to his Bella Union label.[2][3] The first release was The Lost Sailor EP in April 2008, with debut album When Your Blackening Shows following five months later.[2] A second album, Golden Sea, was released in 2010, receiving positive reviews from the likes of the BBC, NME (with Simon Jay Catling calling it "the most deliciously constructed orchestral-tinged dream-pop since Sigur Rós"), The Independent, and AllMusic.[2][4][5][6][7]
Musical style
The BBC's Mark Beaumont, reviewing Golden Sea, described Our Broken Garden as music "for goths to have sex to", and Brønsted as "Denmark's answer to Hope Sandoval at a Viking sea burial".[7] Chris Roberts of The Quietus described them as "like a more precious All About Eve".[8] GAFFA described their music as "sweet, rounded and melancholic".[3]
Discography
Albums
- When Your Blackening Shows (2008), Bella Union
- Golden Sea (2010), Bella Union
EPs
- Lost Sailor (2008)
Singles
- "Garden Grow" (2010), Bella Union
References
- Gil, Pablo (2012) "Our Broken Garden", El Mundo, May 2012. Retrieved 23 September 2018
- Phares, Heather "Our Broken Garden Biography", Allmusic. Retrieved 23 September 2018
- Jørgensen, Steffen (2011) "Our Broken Garden og Valdemar Have : Musikcaféen, Århus", GAFFA.dk, 11 February 2011. Retrieved 23 September 2018
- Phares, Heather "Golden Sea Review", AllMusic. Retrieved 23 September 2018
- Zia, Salik (2010) "Album: Our Broken Garden, Golden Sea (Bella Union)", The Independent, 17 October 2010. Retrieved 23 September 2018
- Catling, Simon Jay (2010) "Album review: Our Broken Garden – Golden Sea (Bella Union)", NME, 8 October 2010. Retrieved 23 September 2018
- Beaumont, Mark (2010) "Our Broken Garden Golden Sea Review", BBC. Retrieved 23 September 2018
- Roberts, Chris (2011) "In Search Of Hyggelig: Copenhagen's Trailerpark Festival & Christiania", The Quietus, 4 August 2011. Retrieved 23 September 2018