Ephemera (Band)
Ephemera is a women - pop band from Bergen in Norway.
It consists of Inger Lise Størksen (born 13 October 1977), Christine Sandtorv (* 1976 in Laksevåg ) and Jannicke Larsen (born 19 September 1976) and playing together since 1996.
The band in Germany by their hit single Girls keep secrets ( in the strangest ways ) became known. This song was awarded in 2003 to the Bergen Festival as Song of the Year and was used by the magazine Elle Girl to launch its advertising campaign to market introduction. For the two albums balloons and Champagne and Air they each won the Spellemannprisen which corresponds in Norway Grammy.
The musical style of Ephemera - somewhere between country, folk and pop - can be described as acoustic guitar pop. Typical of Ephemera are the clear, mutually complementary voices of the three band members as well as the addition to the guitars coming to use unusual instruments - such as Cello, banjo and glockenspiel.
Discography
Albums
Singles
- 2000 Happy, grateful, aware
- 2000 poison
- 2001 Tornado
- 2001 Last thing
- 2003 Girls keep secrets ( in the strangest ways )
- 2004 On the surface
Texts
In Ephemeras lyrics are about small everyday stories. Thus, for example, described in On the surface a failing (failed ) relationship that is mutually convenient in a win- win situation. So it says in the chorus:
The associated video was published on the official website ephemera.
Reviews
Ephemeras music style is often compared to the criticism with the Bangles or Wonderwall and sometimes referred to as nice as cheesy.
" " Air ", so even the most cynical critic mind must admit, is the cutest album of recent times. "Nice " means here not acceptable and inconsequential, but airy, free of tension or aggression and absolutely charming. "
"The music of ephemera to" Mono Love " sounds nice and warm so it fits in the cold days of the year when you can, given the white-gray depressive landscapes need upbeat music. "
" The three flirt with the handset, turn out at the crucial moment but then as his best friend. The title track "Mono Love" dries the tears of a failed relationship and throws in the chorus, the all-important questions: " How can love be so painful / But When it works the way it Should Be so good / How can love be full of beauty? ? / But when it's over, done and dead be so bad? " Of course, ephemera have no satisfactory answer on offer, but there is a plate that is good for both love sick, as well as for kuschelnde couples. "