PERNILLE
Fire
Aporia
· A trippier, mellower, darker, less famous version of Beth Orton.
On the album opener "A Captive," Pernille Gunvad starts off with a simple finger-plucked guitar line that is almost as hypnotic as her voice. Midway through, she kicks in with an ominous beat and edgy twang guitar. Just as she gets you ready for another Massive Attack, she switches gears into full-on Lilith Fair mode. By the time she weaves banjo into the fabric of the album, you are ready to go anywhere she takes you.
Released last year in her homeland of Denmark to rave reviews, Pernille’s Fire is a bit of a genre hopper, but never does the album misstep. Glitchy electronics, Beatles-esque wind instruments, aggressive processed beats and easy roots-influenced rock perfectly complement her lush but gutsy vocals. The surprise isn’t that they sound so good together, but that clearly, I’m not listening to enough female-fronted European pop.
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