AFoR Advent, day 10: Hello Saferide
I got this song from Songs:Illinois a while ago and it’s been playing pretty regularly on my iPod ever since. Which is appropriate given it’s title of ‘iPod X-Mas’. Anyway, it’s by Hello Saferide, which is the strange stage name of Annika Norlin, an incredibly neurotic young woman from Sweden. It’s also led me to explore more of her music and I love it. So a Christmas song has led me to discover something awesome. I’m not entirely sure how I feel about that.
I’ll be writing about her in more detail in the near future, so I’m just going to focus on the one song now. I’m not sure I could name another festive song half as bitter as this one. Her boyfriend has left her in the couple of weeks leading up to Christmas (“As for presents you fuck / I had an iPod Nano with your name written on it”) leading to this rather angry tirade. All of which makes the whole thing sound rather depressing, when in reality it isn’t. The song itself sounds incredibly jolly, and Norlin’s voice is a joy to behold, whichever mood she is in.
MP3 Hello Saferide – iPod X-Mas (expired)
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