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- Summary: The debut full-length release for the London-based, Norwegian artist Anna Lena Bruland was recorded in Wales with producer Nick Rayner.
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- Record Label: Big Dada
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock
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Nov 27, 2017Although sonically ominous, Relfection of Youth possesses a sophisticated breed of optimism which embodies itself through realism.
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MojoNov 28, 2017Reflection Of Youth swoops through grandiose, visceral and skeletal arrangements (producer-engineer Nick Rayner is a revelation): Full-tilt rock on I Wanna Dance; warped folk bleeding into orchestrated glitch on Christine; steely, shivery ballad Survived. [Jan 2018, p.96]
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UncutNov 27, 2017There are hints of Cocteau Twins and Joanna Newsom, but the air of doomed beauty is Bruland's own. [Dec 2017, p.26]
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Nov 27, 2017While Reflection of Youth doesn’t always capture the more brutal side of growing up sonically, Bruland does give off the sense that she’s come out of the other side, older and wiser.
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Q MagazineNov 27, 2017Growing up is hard to do, but Bruland has clawed some fabulously uneasy songs from the process. [Jan 2018, p.109]