Arnalds,Olof Sudden Elevation CD

2013 release, the Icelandic singer/songwriter's third full album and her first sung entirely in English. Sudden Elevation captures a rare and idiosyncratic songwriting talent in full bloom. From the breezily skipping rhythm of opener 'German Fields' to the pealing vocals of closer, 'Perfect', Sudden Elevation's particular brand of heartache is magical, dislocated and otherworldly; it's harmonies complex and quietly electrifying. Produced by longtime collaborator Sk?li Sverrisson, Sudden Elevation was largely recorded in a late autumn 2011 stint in a seaside cabin in Hvalfj?r?ur in the west of Iceland.

1. German Fields 2. Bright and Still 3. Return Again 4. Treat Her Kindly 5. Call It What You Want 6. A Little Grim 7. Fear Less 8. Numbers and Names 9. Sudden Elevation 10. The Joke 11. Onwards and Upwards 12. Perfect