the first time i heard of maria nyström or the naima train was on the 2010 edition of musikhjälpen, the swedish version of dutch program serious request. it was loopstation music and i would say that it did give me the same squeel of awesome as when i saw imogen heap perform "just for now" with loopstation. nyström has also cited that clip as a reference point as when she wanted to also try it out.
after that performance there has been a calling for nyström to get her music out as people were asking for it. by her own words it was a matter of perfectionism getting in the way of releasing something. as result her live shows became an ordeal and something to cling onto until about two months ago. she mentioned on her facebook that some music is being recorded and would be out in november.
"goodbye 5 times" was something that could be heard and bought on her bandcamp page a month ago. i liked the song but i wanted to wait to see if the b-side "strategy" was more awesome as that wasn't available at that time. hence i am writing about "goodbye 5 times" instead and it is an amazing song.
the good thing about recorded material is that you skip the point of building up the song but i can hear how this would be done in a live setting. the amazement of nyströms material wasn't just that she was doing a song by loopstation but on her voice. in normal mode it's low key and brittle but then she takes on the higher pitches and it's beautiful when takes on those notes.
i hope nothing but good things for nyström as this is an amazing song and a great first single. also the cover art by emma karlsmark elfstrand is beautiful, i'm a sucker for kaleidoscopic things like that and the way it's been layered is perfect.
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