I first saw Teitur (pronounced tie-tor), when he was touring with the Young Troubadours in 2004. I was struck with his soulful, puppy-dog eyed songs, describing perfect, fleeting moments with what I rsquo;m sure was an appropriately pretty, waif-like and hipster girl of his fancy.
Stay Under the Stars is pretty much more of the same ndash; actually, a little too much of the same.
I found myself drifting into personal fantasies of sleepy Sunday mornings, and the homogeneity of sound wouldn rsquo;t startle me out of it for three or four tracks in a row.
It rsquo;s incredibly sweet and poetic songwriting, and my fantasies were far more colorful for it. Teitur can always be relied upon to bring up these wonderful heartrending images, but one doesn rsquo;t turn to him, say, for an upbeat dance tune.
It rsquo;s simply not what the windswept Faroe Islands native does.
But he does toss in a few to draw me from my comfortable lethargy ndash; particularly a awesome and slightly bizarre cover of ldquo;Great Balls of Fire rdquo; which adds slightly seasick string arpeggios, rather than the burning sexuality of Jerry Lee Lewis. Then there rsquo;s ldquo;I run the Carousel rdquo; which is positively headbanging in it rsquo;s gritty guitarness, after the restfulness of the other songs.
Then the moment passes, and I can return to my daydreaming. After all, according to the title track, he doesn rsquo;t want me to wake up, either.
A definite listen, but mood music in the best sense of the word.
TEITUR FULL ALBUM STREAM NOW ONLINE (November 20th, 2006) Teitur rsquo;s latest release, Stay Under The Stars , is now available as a full album stream on Altsounds.com rsquo;s online radio destination . The British folkie rsquo;s latest record was released in September 2006 on Equator Records, and is slated for a US release to coincide with a December tour of the East Coast (details below).
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