FRØKEDAL: New Single 'Kid' Signals Full Length Debut In 2016

 ‘KID’  SIGNALS FRØKEDAL FULL LENGTH DEBUT IN 2016
NEW SINGLE ‘KID’ - TAKEN FROM DEBUT LP ‘HOLD ON DREAMER’ - OUT FEBRUARY 26 “There's a tranquillity to Frøkedal's latest offering that belies the lyrical gravitas, and the result is a track that's haunting and beautiful in equal measure.” – The Line Of Best Fit _ _
If songs are like children, it’s important to fend off favouritism… but perhaps there issomething a little special about Frøkedal’s latest,  ‘Kid’ . The single is paired with news of Frøkedal’s forthcoming debut album  ‘Hold On Dreamer’  – a ten-track offering, slated for release on February 26, 2016 via Propeller Recordings. Stream/embed ‘Kid’ below...

“Kid opens with a depiction of a young child who falls asleep under the table during a family party,” explains singer/songwriter Anne Lise Frøkedal. It all seems conventional enough, before the track takes a somewhat poignant turn: “It turns out that this is only a made-up memory because all the photos of the child have disappeared along with the family's recollection of him”.  
 
“I remember you, kid” forms a fitting refrain, and a comforting assurance that resonates throughout new album  ‘Hold On Dreamer’ . Lyrically, a theme runs across its ten tracks: “They deal with people whose lives are about to take a turn – for better or worse,” Frøkedal says. “For me, writing about change is much more interesting than exploring situations that already work. Most are real stories, about real people, some influenced by my own life more than others.”
 
Having fronted successful Norwegian outfits Harrys Gym and Grammy-nominated I Was A King (who count Sufjan Stevens, Robyn Hitchcock and Norman Blake among past collaborators), Frøkedal approached her solo descent differently, almost defiantly. “Almost everything I’d done in the past I tried to avoid,” she says. “Harrys Gym had a huge pop sound with lots of instruments, so the new songs had to be simple. I wanted a stripped-down sound that was still dynamic.
 
“Because everyone has a computer these days, there’s no limit to how many times you can multi-track. I’m sick of that. Big, busy songs don’t touch me emotionally anymore. I hoped to go the other way – to remove as much as I could and be left with a beating heart.”
 The end result is  ‘Hold On Dreamer’  – a worthy successor to Frøkedal’s debut EP of September,  ‘I See You’ , which was promptly praised by the likes of BBC Radio 6music,The Line of Best Fit, Indie Shuffle, Clash and The 405.  ‘Kid’  is released this Friday, November 13. The track is lifted from Frøkedal’s forthcoming debut LP ‘Hold On Dreamer’ – released February 26, 2016 via Propeller Recordings.facebook.com/frokedalmusic | twitter.com/Frokedalmusicfrokedal.com | instagram.com/frokedalmusic
– PRAISE FOR FRØKEDAL – 
“…think Fleetwood Mac getting on pretty well with Joni Mitchell.” 
– BBC Radio 6music, Lauren Laverne

“Frøkedal’s vocals are mournful but not desolate, wistful but never twee. Most
importantly, her melody is crafted with meditative warmth - its gentleness
makes it endlessly listenable.”  – The Line Of Best Fit, Song of the Day

 “Frøkedal's rich, breathy voice demands every drop of your attention." – Indie Shuffle

“The carefully picked out melodies of the Norwegian songstress are matched
to an icy cool touch, a sense of glamorous introversion... a potent
introduction to something quite special.”  – CLASH

"Its meditative melody will have you hooked from the off
... we can’t get enough." – Notion Magazine

“…kinetic, off-kilter pop” – The 405

“The latest musical incarnation of Oslo performer Anne Lise Frøkedal is one which
embraces space and simplicity, a project which creates a welcoming setting where collaboration and glistening folk-pop are the name of the game." – Ja Ja Ja

“It’s like Joni Mitchell and the Mamas and the Papas
had a love child and named it Frøkedal.” 
– Vulture Magazine