“To those who don’t have any hope anymore/You who need a glimmer of light and need it now,” sings Marthe Wang on the album Ut og se noge andt, released in 2017. These lines seem to sum up the driving force behind Marthe Wang’s creative musical work. She is a brilliant exponent of modern Norwegian pop music. The album oozes quality, but it is […]
/ 12/12/2018 / codex"To you who don't hope anymore/You who need a glimmer of hope and need it now," sings Marthe Wang on the album Ut og se noe andt, released in 2017. These lines seem to sum up the driving force behind Marthe Wang's creative musical work. She is a brilliant exponent of modern Norwegian folk pop art. The album oozes quality, but it is not primarily "flick". It is primarily warm and personal. Here we meet a poet who is able to describe feelings and experiences that we all recognize in. The lyrics seem to be written straight from Marthe's heart. Whether they are self-experienced or not is not so important. The lyrics describe universal feelings so down-to-earth, precise, good and beautiful that no matter what, they touch the heart in such a way that it makes both good and a little bit painful. We feel seen, understood, comforted and encouraged.
The arrangements and music are warm, genuine, playful and sophisticated. The lyrics are extended, amplified and bring out interpretive depths that weaker arrangements would not have been able to convey. And the way you sing, Marthe! You are a technically skilled singer, but first and foremost you are a communicator who is able to bring out the depth in what you have written with great compositional weight of music and lyrics.