Estellem wrote:
... on a small acoustic tour, and acoustic guitar parts are easier than long, electruc, solos.

Well :
- the tour is anounced on Berit's agenda, so Berit will be lead guitar on the tour.
- if Berit is lead guitar, Vincent isn't (unless Heather does want two leads guitar, which doesn't really make sense)
- either Vincent will play someting else, or he won't play in this tour.

Bernd wrote:
Vincent played on that cruise and in Dublin, didn't he? So he has a small experience with played before an audience.

Estellem wrote:
The bio on Vincent's website says he's born in France. The French lines make sense.

4ctmam wrote:
There's a new Strange Moments track out now! First one since November 2016, this one features the other singer, Marzena. Check it out, this one is really delicate.

https://soundcloud.com/strangemoments/be-home-soon

Bernd wrote:
Hoooorayy!! I got my Heather postcard today! The date stamp is from June 3! It took more than five weeks! Now my Merchcowboy order is finally complete!!!

Bernd wrote:
I think Pearl is a really good album. Not a single song to skip. Every song is pretty high standard.

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PAAP wrote:
Hi

Anybody who knows the band members for the upcoming tour?

Best regards

57Arietis wrote:
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johandeman wrote:
It seems like I'm not the only one that's disappointed… When I listen to it in my car, I Always skip songs and before I realise it, the album is over …

Skip-skip-skip-skip-skip-end. Oops! - I'm just imagining this right now.

Cassander wrote:
Susannah, her sister, but that was in the 1989 demos.

She's mentioned people like Georgia O'Keefe or Jesus in the third person.

"Felix" never appeared in her songs, nor the painter's name. I think that's what she means. Usually with family it's either general "you" (Drink It In) or "my sister", "my father" etc (Blue Black, Turn The Ship Around, etc.)

Berit is mentioned by name in the poem Murmur.

57Arietis wrote:
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My first impression about the songs hasn’t changed yet, apart from Your words. I wasn’t fond of it when hearing it last year and it’d have probably stayed that way. But when I recently wrote a kind of report about my point of view and my emotional state to some people, I got the feedback by one person, saying, he was deeply touched by my words. This was such a gift for me. And since then, I like this song much better, because I can somehow relate to it on a personal level.

To me, music is quite an emotional thing. I’m not a music expert at all and don’t analyze songs too much by giving attention to structures or so. If a song touches me on any level and moves me in any way for what reason ever or not, that decides if I like it or not. Sometimes I can’t even explain why.
But I understand that others (especially music-wise people) see it in another way and have a different approach to it.

57Arietis wrote:
To me, the whole album remains quite disappointing.
It is not bad and if this was her debut album, I’d be more than satisfied. But after Glowstars and Oyster, I set the bar much higher.
I value her for her total openness she has usually in her songs, especially on those albums named before. I mean, she has lyrics like Island, Sugar, Blue Black, Walking higher, I’m Alive, Ride, Out in New Mexico,... where there is such a depth and total revelation. I miss that on Pearl. The lyrics stay quite vaguely and the music doesn’t catch me on most songs either. My favourite is still After all this time, which has touched me the first time I heard it, for what reason ever.

Her wonderful, unique voice, which I usually love, gets even somehow nerving to me at the end of Some things just come undone and in All the rivers. I don’t know, if it’s because she wants to rock by all means, when her voice is not really made for it, imho. That’s not a failure or a flaw, it’s simply not that, what makes her so outstanding and special. But as said, just my opinion.
To me, there are much more songs I like on Redbird and South (I guess, my least favourite albums) with deeper, more touching lyrics.

Heather said, the songs on Pearl were the ones written quite recently. Somehow I wonder, how the songs sound, which she wrote shortly after her split-up some years ago.

And "Vincent, yours is the first name I’ve ever sung." Umm….no.

But I know, as often I am pretty much alone with my opinion; so good for those of you, who are fond of Pearl.

Bernd wrote:
Interesting interview with Heather (in German): RNZ

Sebastian isn't much interested in his mother's music (he prefers hip-hop) and she opposes Brexit.

Estellem wrote:

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But in the end, it is out, and it is good. I have to re-listen, of course, but if I have to compare with the last time we were supposed to be a rock powerful album, I spoil you all at once : Pearl is better, by far, to 300 Days. It is not, either "even better than Oyster" as Heather pretends, for Oyster has rawer music and stronger lyrics, but it's a nice work, and, for once, the rock album is a rock album . Let's enjoy it.

greenlilly wrote:
I am new to this forum and glad to be able to join this community :) I did not find out how to reply directly to somebody so I will just post it here and hope it helps you all - I saw that some of you said they did not receive the 'Don't Stop Believing' track. I called at their office and if you write an e-mail to heathernova@odyssey-music.net they will help you out and send the track.
I hope that helps someone.

Love

57Arietis wrote:
Belated happy birthday! Sorry for being late (haven't been well since last weekend, trying to catch up on several things now).

Bernd wrote:
Gerd, I just phoned Merchcowboy right now and they admitted that they have indeed forgotten to process my order! They confirmed nothing was sent to me yet, and as my order status wrongly stated "completed", they thought everything was done already and there is nothing to do anymore for them. Oh well... So it was good I called them today so they can finally process my order. Plus, they will investigate again what will happen with the postcard, that I never got, while others got it more than two months ago.

57Arietis wrote:
I think, I simply can’t relate to most of the already listened songs of the album at the moment. If I was happily in love like Heather and all would be easy-going in my life, I guess I’d like them much more.
Don’t get me wrong, I really love to see her privately so happy, for she deserves it so much and this certainly comes out in her music as well, but I’m personally more in the mood for her melancholic and darker songs lately. (Just listened e.g. to “The Jasmine flower” the other day and still love it dearly.) So that’s perhaps one more reason for my lack of enthusiasm for “Pearl”. But there’s still hope, that I like the other songs of the album better.