Narrow (album)

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Narrow
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Released10 February 2012
Genre
Length28:58
Label
Producer Anja Plaschg
Soap&Skin chronology
Marche Funèbre
(2009)
Narrow
(2012)
Sugarbread
(2013)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
NME (7/10) [1]

Narrow is the second album by Austrian musical project Soap&Skin, released in 2012 on Play It Again Sam Records. It was heavily influenced by the death of her father, stating she wrote the songs after being admitted to a clinic. The cover of the French singer Desireless' synth-pop hit "Voyage, voyage" was used in the movie Stilleben, where Plaschg debuted as an actress.

Contents

In 2012 it was awarded a silver certification from the Independent Music Companies Association which indicated sales of at least 20,000 copies throughout Europe. [2]

Track listing

All songs written by Anja Plaschg, except where noted.

  1. "Vater" – 5:36
  2. "Voyage, voyage" (Dominique Albert Dubois, Jean-Michel Rivat) – 5:18
  3. "Deathmental" – 4:45
  4. "Cradlesong" – 2:11
  5. "Wonder" – 3:14
  6. "Lost" – 1:57
  7. "Boat Turns Toward the Port" – 3:07
  8. "Big Hand Nalls Down" – 2:54
  9. "Jail" – 0:55 (iTunes bonus track)

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References

  1. NME review
  2. "Aktuelles VUT: VUT - Verband unabhängiger Musikunternehmer*innen e. V."