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Track Listings
| 1. I Forget It's There |
| 2. By and By |
| 3. The Reason Why My Heart's in Misery |
| 4. Last Time Around |
| 5. On My Own |
| 6. Farewell Goodnight's Sleep |
| 7. Why Do I Worry? |
| 8. Days Have Been |
| 9. Little By Little |
| 10. My Second Hand Heart |
| 11. The Country Ballad |
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Lay Low is the alter ego of singer-songwriter Lovisa Elisabet Sigrunardottir. Her 2006 debut album, Please Don’t Hate Me, combined elements of blues, folk and country and twisted them into a fascinating new shape. It topped the Icelandic chart and became the bestselling original album in the country that year. Recorded and produced by Liam Watson (White Stripes, Pete Molinari) at his famed Toe Rag Studios in East London during summer 2008, Farewell Good Night’s Sleep is a superb sophomore album (and debut UK release) that reinvents the country music wheel for a modern audience. it features high calibre musicians such as BJ Cole, Carwyn Ellis, Ed Turner, Rupert Brown, Matt Radford and Jason Wilson and has already earned acclaim in the US where LAY LOW was voted in the Top 10 new discoveries of 2008 by the music team at iTunes. Primary influences for the new album are the honky tonk era 1950–1960 as well as Patsy Cline, Dolly Parton, Ernest Tubb, Kitty Wells, Lefty Frizzell, Hank Williams Sr., Red Foley, Loretta Lynn, Hank Lochlin, Skeeter Davis and The Carter Family. Tracks: I Forget It’s There / By And By / The Reason Why My Heart’s In Misery / Last Time Around / On My Own / Farewell Good Night’s Sleep / Why Do I Worry? / Days Have Been / Little By Little / My Second Hand Heart / The Country Ballad
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CD .. Sleep
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By Gannon
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Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
As wilfully experimental as the cash-strapped Icelandics are, to my knowledge, they have never before tried their arm at country and western. Lay Low is Lovísa Elísabet Sigrúnardóttir and she is, as such, in audacious and unchartered waters, without local peers, but with bucket-loads of respect for the chosen genre. Her collection of light toe-tappers is overlaid with her eiswine-like vocal, sweet and frosty, ressembling fellow Icelander Emilíana Torrini's slightly ethereal and lingering delivery.
The gentle and atmospheric alt-folk of `By And By' is an extension of First Aid Kit's lady brand of Nordic campfire pleasers, and is representative of the washing-overly pleasant and unchallenging sound echoed across the album. Sadly, this easy-listening quality has brought unwanted and unfair Norah Jones comparison, an inept mistake that is blown out of the water on `The Reason Why My Heart's In Misery', a stunningly effective country plodder with piano, percussion and peddle steel aplenty. Such is its simple power that other moments of anonymity are easily forgiven in its wake.
Farewell Good Night's Sleep is not rousing enough to bid that promised farewell to nocturnal rest and is all the better for being more inclined to lull the listener toward a well deserved forty winks with its soporific melodies. A touch less like aural wallpaper and Lay Low would be caused to stand proud.
The gentle and atmospheric alt-folk of `By And By' is an extension of First Aid Kit's lady brand of Nordic campfire pleasers, and is representative of the washing-overly pleasant and unchallenging sound echoed across the album. Sadly, this easy-listening quality has brought unwanted and unfair Norah Jones comparison, an inept mistake that is blown out of the water on `The Reason Why My Heart's In Misery', a stunningly effective country plodder with piano, percussion and peddle steel aplenty. Such is its simple power that other moments of anonymity are easily forgiven in its wake.
Farewell Good Night's Sleep is not rousing enough to bid that promised farewell to nocturnal rest and is all the better for being more inclined to lull the listener toward a well deserved forty winks with its soporific melodies. A touch less like aural wallpaper and Lay Low would be caused to stand proud.
Format:Audio CD
Lay Low (or Lovisa), has been around the Icelandic music scene for a while now - her debut album 'Please Don't Hate Me' became an instant essential in Reykjavik and was followed by the soundtrack to a play 'Okutimar' on which she first introduced us to her folk and country interests with a series of playful Dolly Parton cover versions. In between she found time to record an album with the group 'Benni Crespos Gang' and tour as support of fellow half-Icelander Emiliana Torrini. The benefits of this tour are obvious on this album as her musical style has developed and, more noticeably, the production has become far smoother and full of reverb, away from the raw sound of Please Don't Hate Me. A cliche but really recommended for any fan of either Bjork or Emiliana Torrini!
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4.7 out of 5 stars
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
A Good CD
25 Jun 2009
By Hanna
- Published on Amazon.com
Format:Audio CD
This CD is good through and through. Lovisa's voice is soft and comfortable to listen too, she reminds me of Billy Holiday though she has a very certain charm of her own. The lyrics are heartfelt and you get the feeling they are truly real and based on real feelins not corporate fakeness. An outstanding pending hit is by and by which I couldnt resist humming to myself throughout the day. This is a up and coming young artist, I would recommend this album to anyone who likes folk, country, bluegrass, indie.
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Hello Good Night's Listening!
12 Jun 2009
By M. Miller
- Published on Amazon.com
Format:Audio CD
half way through 2009 & this is my pick for best of the year so far. in good company...Neko Case, M. Ward, John Doe & The Sadies, & the like but this cd by Lay Low is a real treat. a sweet, laid back gem that really grows on you with repeated listens. each track unfolds nicely with oddly charming vocals, great guitar interplay & some excellent pedal steel parts by BJ Cole. again, it takes an artist outside the USA to capture so well the simple yet exquisite nature of great country western music.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Farewell Good Nights Sleep
26 Mar 2010
By J B R
- Published on Amazon.com
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
This CD was delivered promptly and in excellent condition. The musician (Lay Low) has a wonderful voice and has been compared to Patsy Cline. It is delightfully done and I will watch for future products from this young lady as, I am confident, her career will be a success well into the future.
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