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East of Eden's back-story is the stuff of movies. Following the release of Taken by Trees' 2007 debut, Open Field, Victoria Bergsman and her trusty recording engineer, Andreas Söderström, traveled to Pakistan to record TBT's second album. They had to battle for a travel visa; the Swedish government warned them that travel to Pakistan was dangerous. Which it was -- Bergsman was literally carried off by some locals shortly after the duo arrived in Pakistan; the fact that she was an unmarried woman evidently made her public property. Söderström saved her by posing as her husband, and thus disguised, Söderström and Bergsman went on to team up with an influential musician named Malik to record this album. It's probably the last thing indie pop fans would expect from Bergsman, who's best known for her sugary work with the Concretes and Peter Bjorn and John, and, oddly enough, East of Eden is probably stronger simply because it's such a wild tangent. Like Open Field, East of Eden is a richly atmospheric album -- the main difference is in temperature. Compared to TBT's chilly first album, East of Eden provides a warm, vibrant listen; lush with rounded, organic Pakistani-influenced sounds, this is perhaps the happiest-sounding sustained work Bergsman has produced since her departure from the Concretes. It also sounds a whole lot like Animal Collective's Merriweather Post Pavilion, an influence that Bergsman is not at all shy about. Noah Lennox makes an appearance on one of the album's standout tracks, the pleasantly loopy "Anna," and there's even a minimalist, half-grinning cover of Animal Collective's "My Girls" (appearing here as "My Boys"). East of Eden shouldn't be chalked up as a kind of mini-Merriweather, though. Even though she's borrowed a lot here -- from Animal Collective, from Pakistani music -- Bergsman manages to give it all a tender, sad-yet-sprightly touch that's completely her own.
© Margaret Reges /TiVo
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Scandinavia, MusicPublisher - Victoria Bergsman, Producer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Dan Lissvik, Producer, AssociatedPerformer, MixingEngineer - Andreas Söderström, Composer, Producer, AssociatedPerformer - Warner Chappell, MusicPublisher - Taken By Trees, MainArtist - Harry Fox Agency, MusicPublisher - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Ranja Sain, AssociatedPerformer - Riszwan Ali Khan, AssociatedPerformer - Sain Muhammad Ali, AssociatedPerformer
2009 Rough Trade Records Ltd 2009 Rough Trade Records Ltd
Scandinavia, MusicPublisher - Victoria Bergsman, Producer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Dan Lissvik, Producer, Programmer, AssociatedPerformer, MixingEngineer - Andreas Söderström, Producer, AssociatedPerformer - Noah Lennox, AssociatedPerformer - Warner Chappell, MusicPublisher - Taken By Trees, MainArtist - Harry Fox Agency, MusicPublisher - Sarah Assbring, AssociatedPerformer - CMRRA, MusicPublisher
2009 Rough Trade Records Ltd 2009 Rough Trade Records Ltd
Scandinavia, MusicPublisher - Victoria Bergsman, Producer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Dan Lissvik, Producer, AssociatedPerformer, MixingEngineer - Andreas Söderström, Producer, AssociatedPerformer - Warner Chappell, MusicPublisher - Taken By Trees, MainArtist - Harry Fox Agency, MusicPublisher - Sarah Assbring, AssociatedPerformer - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Musharaf Ali, AssociatedPerformer
2009 Rough Trade Records Ltd 2009 Rough Trade Records Ltd
Scandinavia, MusicPublisher - Victoria Bergsman, Producer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Dan Lissvik, Producer, Programmer, AssociatedPerformer, MixingEngineer - Andreas Söderström, Producer, AssociatedPerformer - Warner Chappell, MusicPublisher - Taken By Trees, MainArtist - Harry Fox Agency, MusicPublisher - Sarah Assbring, AssociatedPerformer - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Riszwan Ali Khan, AssociatedPerformer - Musharaf Ali, AssociatedPerformer
2009 Rough Trade Records Ltd 2009 Rough Trade Records Ltd
Scandinavia, MusicPublisher - Victoria Bergsman, Producer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Dan Lissvik, Producer, MixingEngineer - Andreas Söderström, Producer, AssociatedPerformer - Warner Chappell, MusicPublisher - Taken By Trees, MainArtist - Harry Fox Agency, MusicPublisher - CMRRA, MusicPublisher
2009 Rough Trade Records Ltd 2009 Rough Trade Records Ltd
Traditional, ComposerLyricist - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - Victoria Bergsman, Producer, AssociatedPerformer - Dan Lissvik, Producer, MixingEngineer - Andreas Söderström, Producer - Taken By Trees, MainArtist - Ranja Sain, AssociatedPerformer - Riszwan Ali Khan, AssociatedPerformer - Sodhagar Ali, AssociatedPerformer
2009 Rough Trade Records Ltd 2009 Rough Trade Records Ltd
Victoria Bergsman, Producer, AssociatedPerformer - Dan Lissvik, Producer, AssociatedPerformer, MixingEngineer - Andreas Söderström, Producer, AssociatedPerformer - Noah Lennox, ComposerLyricist - Brian Weitz, ComposerLyricist - Taken By Trees, MainArtist - Rough Trade Music Publishing, MusicPublisher - Sarah Assbring, AssociatedPerformer - David Portner, ComposerLyricist - Rough Trade Publishing Ltd., MusicPublisher - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Ranja Sain, AssociatedPerformer - Riszwan Ali Khan, AssociatedPerformer
2009 Rough Trade Records Ltd 2009 Rough Trade Records Ltd
Scandinavia, MusicPublisher - Victoria Bergsman, Producer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Dan Lissvik, Producer, AssociatedPerformer, MixingEngineer - Andreas Söderström, Composer, Producer, AssociatedPerformer - Warner Chappell, MusicPublisher - Taken By Trees, MainArtist - Harry Fox Agency, MusicPublisher - Sarah Assbring, AssociatedPerformer - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Ranja Sain, AssociatedPerformer - Riszwan Ali Khan, AssociatedPerformer
2009 Rough Trade Records Ltd 2009 Rough Trade Records Ltd
Scandinavia, MusicPublisher - Hermann Hesse, Lyricist - Victoria Bergsman, Composer, Producer, AssociatedPerformer - Dan Lissvik, Producer, MixingEngineer - Andreas Söderström, Composer, Producer, AssociatedPerformer - Warner Chappell, MusicPublisher - Taken By Trees, MainArtist - Harry Fox Agency, MusicPublisher - CMRRA, MusicPublisher
2009 Rough Trade Records Ltd 2009 Rough Trade Records Ltd
Album review
East of Eden's back-story is the stuff of movies. Following the release of Taken by Trees' 2007 debut, Open Field, Victoria Bergsman and her trusty recording engineer, Andreas Söderström, traveled to Pakistan to record TBT's second album. They had to battle for a travel visa; the Swedish government warned them that travel to Pakistan was dangerous. Which it was -- Bergsman was literally carried off by some locals shortly after the duo arrived in Pakistan; the fact that she was an unmarried woman evidently made her public property. Söderström saved her by posing as her husband, and thus disguised, Söderström and Bergsman went on to team up with an influential musician named Malik to record this album. It's probably the last thing indie pop fans would expect from Bergsman, who's best known for her sugary work with the Concretes and Peter Bjorn and John, and, oddly enough, East of Eden is probably stronger simply because it's such a wild tangent. Like Open Field, East of Eden is a richly atmospheric album -- the main difference is in temperature. Compared to TBT's chilly first album, East of Eden provides a warm, vibrant listen; lush with rounded, organic Pakistani-influenced sounds, this is perhaps the happiest-sounding sustained work Bergsman has produced since her departure from the Concretes. It also sounds a whole lot like Animal Collective's Merriweather Post Pavilion, an influence that Bergsman is not at all shy about. Noah Lennox makes an appearance on one of the album's standout tracks, the pleasantly loopy "Anna," and there's even a minimalist, half-grinning cover of Animal Collective's "My Girls" (appearing here as "My Boys"). East of Eden shouldn't be chalked up as a kind of mini-Merriweather, though. Even though she's borrowed a lot here -- from Animal Collective, from Pakistani music -- Bergsman manages to give it all a tender, sad-yet-sprightly touch that's completely her own.
© Margaret Reges /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 9 track(s)
- Total length: 00:32:33
- Main artists: Taken By Trees
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Rough Trade
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock Alternative & Indie
2009 Rough Trade Records Ltd 2009 Rough Trade Records Ltd
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