Photo by Kristine Hellemo
Three years ago, I stumbled over the Norwegian artist Solvor Vermeer‘s music. I was amazed by the delicate and fragile beauty she managed to create with only her voice and the piano as her tools. Now, finally, Solvor Vermeer has plans for her debut-release,- a four track ep that will be released in April as a digital download and limited edition cd and vinyl.
The EP will be out in the UK on the fine Lazy Acre records, and her own Bloksberg label will release it elsewhere. Vermeer’s new songs are really strong, and in my opinion, this girl deserves to be huge.
The songs on the EP will be the beautiful “pocketful of memories”, “hope”, “final hour”, and the song I first heard from her, ” the beaming light”. Some of these are available for streaming on myspace, but I’m not sure if these are the EP-versions.
Here is a live-video of her performing her song “Hope” at the recent By:Larm festival in Oslo, only a couple of days ago:
…and here is the song that made my heart jump when I first heard it, “The Beaming Light”.
The EP version is probably different than this one:
Solvor Vermeer – The Beaming Light (from NRK Urört)
