aaamusic | On 02, Aug 2010

OUR BROKEN GARDEN return this autumn with their new album – “GOLDEN SEA” – which is due for release on Bella Union on Monday 18th October.

Hailing from Denmark, Our Broken Garden is the sound of sometime Efterklang keyboardist Anna Bronsted’s bewitching voice and songs, with Søren Bigum’s guitars and Moogie Johnson’s bass, plus assorted musical friends. Our Broken Garden’s debut album, “When Your Blackening Shows”, arrived in September 2008 and signalled Anna’s connection to water with various nautical references in her lyrics, and a deeply atmospheric, drifting ebb and flow to the sound – with a serene, torchy Anna resembling a modern day siren at its heart.

“Golden Sea” is a substantial step forward. There’s more drama and rhythm this time round and Anna’s song-writing has evolved significantly… ‘In The Lowlands’ has an overriding sense of blissed-out serenity sense while ‘Nightsong’ is more haunted. ‘Share’ and ‘Warriors Of Love’ are more typically dreamy numbers before the devastating finale ‘The Dark Red Roses’ where mournful strings preface one of Anna’s most stunning vocals… Click on this soundcloud link to check out the track ‘Garden Grow’…
http://soundcloud.com/bella-union/our-broken-garden-garden-grows

Like the golden sea that names Our Broken Garden’s new album, their music is wide and deep, beautiful and mysterious, its currents inviting you to dive in, but with the potential to drag you under…