Our Broken Garden

Our Broken Garden
Origin Denmark
Genres Dream pop
Years active 2008 (2008)–2012 (2012)
Labels Bella Union
Associated acts Efterklang
Members

Anna Brønsted, with

  • Søren Bigum
  • Moogie Johnson
  • Nis Tyrrestrup
  • Poul Terkildsen

Our Broken Garden are a Danish dream pop group, essentially the solo project of Efterklang touring keyboard player Anna Brønsted.[1]

History

The project has also featured guitarist/keyboardist Søren Bigum, bassists Moogie Johnson and Nis Tyrrestrup, and drummer Poul Terkildsen.[2][3] After Brønsted posted her music on MySpace, it was found by Simon Raymonde, who subsequently signed Our Broken Garden to his Bella Union label.[2][3] The first release was The Lost Sailor EP in April 2008, with debut album When Your Blackening Shows following five months later.[2] A second album, Golden Sea, was released in 2010, receiving positive reviews from the likes of the BBC, NME (with Simon Jay Catling calling it "the most deliciously constructed orchestral-tinged dream-pop since Sigur Rós"), The Independent, and AllMusic.[2][4][5][6][7]

Musical style

The BBC's Mark Beaumont, reviewing Golden Sea, described Our Broken Garden as music "for goths to have sex to", and Brønsted as "Denmark's answer to Hope Sandoval at a Viking sea burial".[7] Chris Roberts of The Quietus described them as "like a more precious All About Eve".[8] GAFFA described their music as "sweet, rounded and melancholic".[3]

Discography

Albums

  • When Your Blackening Shows (2008), Bella Union
  • Golden Sea (2010), Bella Union

EPs

  • Lost Sailor (2008)

Singles

  • "Garden Grow" (2010), Bella Union

References

  1. ↑ Gil, Pablo (2012) "Our Broken Garden", El Mundo, May 2012. Retrieved 23 September 2018
  2. 1 2 3 4 Phares, Heather "Our Broken Garden Biography", Allmusic. Retrieved 23 September 2018
  3. 1 2 3 Jørgensen, Steffen (2011) "Our Broken Garden og Valdemar Have : Musikcaféen, Århus", GAFFA.dk, 11 February 2011. Retrieved 23 September 2018
  4. ↑ Phares, Heather "Golden Sea Review", AllMusic. Retrieved 23 September 2018
  5. ↑ Zia, Salik (2010) "Album: Our Broken Garden, Golden Sea (Bella Union)", The Independent, 17 October 2010. Retrieved 23 September 2018
  6. ↑ Catling, Simon Jay (2010) "Album review: Our Broken Garden – Golden Sea (Bella Union)", NME, 8 October 2010. Retrieved 23 September 2018
  7. 1 2 Beaumont, Mark (2010) "Our Broken Garden Golden Sea Review", BBC. Retrieved 23 September 2018
  8. ↑ Roberts, Chris (2011) "In Search Of Hyggelig: Copenhagen's Trailerpark Festival & Christiania", The Quietus, 4 August 2011. Retrieved 23 September 2018
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