In the hour or so that has followed since I was first sent this video, which is by the Swedish-by-way-of-Norway singer Ida Maria, I have listened to the tense, frenetic song in the clip three times and ripped through all the songs offered up on her MySpace page twice. (The last part of that equation would have probably taken more time had Universal, her current Norwegian label, not been scrooges about letting entire songs from the records they’ve put out stream from her embedded player. Booo!) “Oh My God,” which is a solo track in the clip but appears in duet form on her MySpace-posted demo, soars because it’s simultaneously nervy and nervous, and the jittery video is almost as fist-clenching as the jumpy guitars. More like this, please! [YouTube / MySpace]
Ida Maria Gets Exclamatory
March 19th, 2008 // 5 Comments
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Yeah, this is pretty much THE SHIT.
Love Ida Maria. Her duet with former Edson leader Pelle Carlberg is also fantastic:
this song’s alright, but the stuff on her myspace is way better. her voice is husky and beautiful.
Yeah, “Stella” which is the latest single, is just left of brilliant. God gives the world to a hooker in exchange for making him feel loved.
@brasstax: “Stella” is a great song, but it’s only a few months till Martha and the Vandellas have to drop a legal smackdown: