Last time we saw Anja, she was spookily tracking a vampirish couple through heavy woodland for single ‘And Her Head’. Her new release ‘A Kiss’ featuring David Miatt from Thomas Tantrum, has already gained praise from Q Magazine, winning the ‘Track of the Day’ spot earlier this month.
Anja (singer/songwriter and accordionist extraordinaire) has unpretentiously described ‘A Kiss’ as ‘melodically angry’ but that barely touches on the complexity of emotions present in this track. Beginning with Anja’s stuttering accordion the song is a slow riot of instrumental pleasures, with the low voice of a double bass vying for attention with a violin that stalks the tune like a spectral cat. Anja’s voice has a sombre and fascinating quality to it, swollen with darkly festering energy.
This is folk music with a rich, modern edge, and Anja’s musical efforts are becoming more elegant and distinguished with each new release. Her music has an ageless quality to it, an endearingly bohemian street-pavement timelessness.
You can buy Anja McCloskey’s ‘A Kiss’ from the 16th of January, and hopefully an album is in the pipeline for later on this year. Until then, this is a girl to keep your eye on - especially if you like a bit of melodic anger to go with your accordions.
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Anja (singer/songwriter and accordionist extraordinaire) has unpretentiously described ‘A Kiss’ as ‘melodically angry’ but that barely touches on the complexity of emotions present in this track. Beginning with Anja’s stuttering accordion the song is a slow riot of instrumental pleasures, with the low voice of a double bass vying for attention with a violin that stalks the tune like a spectral cat. Anja’s voice has a sombre and fascinating quality to it, swollen with darkly festering energy.
