Eleanor Friedberger - New View

Ob Alex Kapranos den Text der vierten Franz Ferdinand Single aus dem Album "You Could Have It So Much Better" in "Eleanor Put Your Record On" ändern wird, wenn er "New View" gehört hat? 

Vermutlich nur dann, wenn er zeitlosen, entspannten, 70er-Jahre Folkrock bar jeder Ecken und Kanten mag. Ein wenig Neil Young, etwas mehr von Bob Dylan, hier und da eingeflochtene, warme Orgel-Klänge und in jedem Song ein Gitarrensolo. Vom Indierock der Fiery Furnaces ist Kapranos' Ex-Freundin auf ihrem, nach "Last Summer" (2011) und "Personal Record" (2013), dritten Soloalbum also ziemlich weit entfernt. 

Viele Kritiker schätzen "New View" dennoch (oder gerade deswegen) und so weist Eleanor Friedbergers Album aktuell bei Metacritic einen Durchschnitt von 80/100 Punkten auf:   

It's comforting and surprising, full of trad sounds electrified by the off-kilter vision of an artist whose recognition as one of Americana's finest voices is long overdue. (Uncut)

New View isn’t the crowning jewel in Friedberger’s catalogue, but it is a beautiful, unadorned meditation on life’s most delicate mysteries: potential, narrative, and the passage of time. (Pretty Much Amazing)

Just when it all seems familiar, you're struck by a specific detail and realise you’ve started to smile. (The Skinny)

Like avowed influences Van Morrison and Neil Young, Friedberger on New View travels in fluid, seamless melodies, and uses them in service of lyrics that revel in poeticism. (Los Angeles Times)





The Chicago-bred singer-guitarist works one of rock's finest faux-British accents, sounding like an early-Seventies prog-folkie. It's a perfect vocal vibe for music that can recall the very late Beatles and New Morning-era Dylan. (Rolling Stone)

Friedberger’s offbeat delivery and lyrical quirks seem to balance nicely with this straightening out of the musical backdrop. New View is about a new home in more ways than one, then. (The Guardian)

New View furthers Friedberger's quest to declutter, finding great pop and occasional profundity in getting to the point and letting her tunes ring clear. (Mojo)

At times New View can seem like a concept record detailing Friedberger's ambivalence about her main gift: spinning fragile memories and feelings into accessible songs. (Pitchfork)