February 27, 2011
Uummannaq Song
KT Tunstall’s new album Tiger Suit was released in the fall. I finally watched the DVD that came with the album, called How to Make a Tiger Suit. What a cool and inspiring footage! It sounded like she’s digging the album very much, and that’s what I like to hear, musicians doing what they love instead of trying to please everyone.
But this is something that wasn’t on the DVD, something I started writing awhile ago and now got the itch to finish. There are dance beats behind almost every song on the album, so what on earth has happened to the cool folk rock of KT Tunstall?
The opening track of the album is called Uummannaq Song after a town of Uummannaq in Greenland. KT embarked on a cruise to Greenland with scientists and fellow musicians. While this sounds like a great experience, performing in front of the others made her feel empty, questioning her talent in her greatest passion. How she got over this crisis of confidence was adding dance music elements to her music. I don’t understand it myself how that could work, but I’m glad it worked for her.
And I gotta say I like the result. She said she went to the studio with 70 songs to choose from, now that sounds we’re going to hear so much more from her! This is KT performing Uummannaq Song at YouTube headquarters, surroundings so weird for live music that it fits in perfectly.
