In my top 2021 albums! The live at Emmaus-Kirche was enchanting. Contemporary, but so exposed. Some paintings can give you a peek into the depicted character's intimacy, without them being aware that there are external observers. This album grants me that same impression, as if I'd be hidden behind trees looking at a person around a forest pond, singing their heart out, thinking they are alone (...or knowing that they aren't?). Magical!

I kept coming back to this record over the last month. It just kept being surprising and unraveling itself. I think I got a remnant of Londinium in some aspects, that definitely struck a chord. There's a delicate tension, in the whole album, from flirting with dance beats while never fully going there either. Feelings accumulate but they never get to unleash. You're in between worlds in unstable balance. To me, it is fantastic to have managed to capture such a complex emotion.

I cannot find a better song for the very first day of summer flavor of the year. Groove is where the sun is !