aaamusic | On 13, Feb 2011

TEITUR

‘Let The Dog Drive Home’

11^th April 2011

1CD Album & Digital download

Album of The Week ***** – The Independent

Never Less Than Extraordinary ***** – The Guardian

Ludicrously talented… – Word magazine

“I can only hope these songs will become someone else’s modest companion and I feel honoured that anyone would even listen to it once – although it’ll probably take more than one listen to be moved. Thanks for your time. There is a lot of music out there.” – Teitur, January 2011

Having already earned an enviably reputation as the songwriter’s songwriter, the Faroe Islands’ favourite son, Teitur, returns with his highly anticipated new album, ‘Let The Dog Drive Home’, on April 11^th 2011.

Counting the likes of Rufus Wainwright, KT Tunstall, John Mayer and Aimee Mann as fans, Teitur’s third album but UK debut release, ‘The Singer’, gained the kind of critical acclaim most artists can only dream of. Both The Guardian and The Independent gave ‘The Singer’ 5-star reviews, the latter handing it the ‘Album of The Week’ accolade, while The Sunday Times described Teitur as “a wonderfully idiosyncratic talent”.

So what can we expect from Teitur’s new album…and what’s with unusual title? “‘Let The Dog Drive Home’ is an old song I wrote in America a long time ago,” Teitur explains. “It ties this collection of songs together, as I usually look at my records as one entire song. Most of these songs are about letting go, about being small and the realisation that things seldom turn out the way you expect them to.”

‘Let The Dog Drive Home’ was recorded in what Teitur describes as the “safe surroundings” of Copenhagen and the Faroe Islands, where he has felt most at home over the past few years.

Because of the American flavoured nature of the album’s songs, Teitur landed on a West Coast approach for its sound & production, taking extra care to make sure everything was very well tuned and clear in the mix.

The result is what Teitur describes as “night radio music”, making it more about body & soul and less a creation of mind and thought, free of fashion statements and the desire to impress others.

“I felt I needed to just be true to my basic songwriting and to make everything less intense and healthier. This is because I’ve learned that you become the music you write,” Teitur reveals. “It sucks to travel around and sing about funerals, death and yourself. Trust me. It does. And I know it’s very cool and so different to arrange the songs for three clarinets, delay-bass and marimba, but I’ve found it’s just not always that necessary in the long run. I am in a place in my life where I need to make something that is safe, comfortable and more effortless. As an artist, one does one’s best to write the music that only you can write.”