Vuk: The Plains
Thursday, August 20, 2009
"27-year multi-instrumental Finnish-American Emily Cheeger, an ex-Dirty Projector (she sang on The Getty Address, did various singing percussion from 2002-2005), who currently plays a pump organ (and half a dozen instruments) while belting out vocals that can be beautifully fragile and beautifully taunting and, in general, always straight-up powerful." [MORE]
Sounds like 
freak folk White Chalk-era PJ Harvey.
"...emotional bouts with death-gospel drama, esoteric organ-and-harmonium requiems, percussive chants and unbridled, youthful whimsy." Get The Plains here. Vuk Myspace.
Almost baroque in her arrangements on the new album, (it was just announced that she's now touring the US with Fever Ray) Vuk will be stripping down her songs to their bare bones, performing solo with a harmonium and autoharp, allowing her unique voice and unconventional songwriting to take center stage. I've never heard of her until lately and I like her style a lot. Should be one hell of a concert with Karin (Fever Ray) and Emily (Vuk).
Vuk - "The Arms Of Spirits" | Vuk - The Prarie download
