SPIRIT TREE, by Kira Skov

SPIRIT TREE

by Kira Skov

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1.	WE WON'T GO QUIETLY 02:31	buy track
2.	IN THE END 04:25	buy track
3.	DUSTY KATE 03:42	buy track
4.	PICK ME UP 03:50	buy track
5.	IDEA OF LOVE 04:14	buy track
6.	HORSES 05:13	buy track
7.	TIDAL HEART 03:53	buy track
8.	SOME KIND OF LOVERS 04:40	buy track
9.	LOVE IS A FORCE 03:54	buy track
10.	DEEP POETRY 03:56	buy track
11.	BURN DOWN THE HOUSE 04:01	buy track
12.	ODE TO THE POETS 04:25	buy track
13.	MARIE 04:11	buy track
14.	LENNY'S THEME 03:45	buy track

about

Last year, when the pandemic struck and sent the whole
world into a lockdown as well as entire populations into
isolation – Kira Skov felt compelled to reach out with her
music. And so, the Danish singer and songwriter did just
that, making contact with vocalists and instrumentalists
she had worked with in the past, as well as others she had
admired from afar. A new project was born and despite the
sometimes-vast geographical distances between the musicians, they set out together to search for and forge meaning in
an otherwise meaningless time.
The ambitious venture was a success, with everyone
approached coming aboard. The powerful resulting album
of duets is now ready for release and features wonderfully
personal contributions from familiar and fresh musical personalities including Jenny Wilson, Mark Lanegan, Bonnie
“Prince” Billy, John Parish, Bill Callahan, and Lionel
Liminana, as well as Mette Lindberg, Marie Fisker, Stine
Grøn, and Steen Jørgensen.
“The album came into being through, and as, a musical
exchange – in the sense that I’ve sent the songs around to
people as audio files, with the different guests adding vocals
as we went. The ground-tapes were all recorded live in
Copenhagen. I’m very happy that everyone wanted to join,”
Kira shares.
The Danish singer – who has built up a large and loyal
audience in her home country throughout a musically diverse 20-year career – values collaboration in her music.
She’s already worked with Bonnie “Prince” Billy, Tricky,
Lenny Kaye, and Trentemøller, among others, but until now
had never cultivated such a musically communal album as
this new collection of duets, entitled SPIRIT TREE.
“There’s a common theme on the record that manifests itself
both sonically and thematically. In a way, it’s a family tree,
in that I work with some people who have left their mark on
me and my music over the years. The pandemic made me
think about what is most important to us… what is it that
connects us when we are all forced to be alone. These songs
are written with that in mind,” she says.
For this recording, Kira is once again joined by the band
which has maintained a steady presence on her albums and
tours over the last few years: Silas Tinglef on drums and
guitar, Anders “AC” Christensen on bass and piano, Oliver
Hoiness on guitar and keys, Maria Jagd on violin, and the
bandleader and songwriter herself on vocals and guitar. The
songs were recorded at STC Studio by Mads Møldgård,
with Kira Skov and Silas Tinglef co-producing.
The singles “We Won’t Go Quietly” with Bonnie “Prince”
Billy and Dusty Kate (an homage to Dusty Springfield and
Kate Bush) with Mette Lindberg have already been released
to hungry ears and critical acclaim in the lead-up to SPIRIT
TREE, which will be released in its entirety on May 14th on
Sundance / Stunt Records.

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released May 14, 2021

Kira Skov: vocal - Silas Tinglef: Drums and guitar - AC, Anders Christensen: Bass - Oliver Hoiness: Guitar keys - Maria Jagd: violin - Nicolai Torp: piano - Tobias Wiklund: trumpet - Ned Ferm: saxophone - Mads Hyhne: trombone

Vocal featurings:
Bonnie “Prince” Billy - Stine Grøn - Steen Jørgensen - Bill Callahan - Mette Lindberg - Mark Lanegan - John Parish - Jenny Wilson - Marie Fisker - Lionel Liminana - Lenny Kaye

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