Lior is a singer songwriter out of Australia that I had never heard of until a reader here on TWF emailed me. And that’s a shame. His debut independent release smoked through Australia three years ago and Autumn Flow (iTunes) garnered him a total of three Aria Award nominations. Just to put that in perspective it would be similar to someone like Josh Ritter or Joseph Arthur being nominated in three different categories at the Grammys {akin to, say, how the Foo Fighters are typically nominated}.
After opening with what was largely reviewed as a stunning critical, as well as popular, success Lior took almost three years in crafting his follow up LP, Corner of An Endless Road, which was just released last week in Australia {again to considerable praise}. And I must agree with those who have heard Lior’s music. He crafts songs that really makes sense. It’s as if the only thing in the world that matters is the art he puts into making songs; there is no pressure, no hurriedness, no sense that his craft was rushed, edited, or tampered with. What you find on this album is pure and absolute Lior, and that’s all a music fan could ever hope for.
mp3 : Lior - This Old Love
mp3 : Lior - Bedouin Song
mp3 : Lior - Heal Me
mp3 : Lior (feat Sia) - Forget You
The first two tracks here are from his 2005 debut album. The second two, including the track featuring the notable talent of another singer songwriter, Sia, hail from Lior’s recently released LP. Sometimes I wonder if there’s any breakthrough talent left in the United States; it seems as if all the fresh new singer songwriters {and usually bands} originate over oceans.
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What about the Strokes or Vampire Weekend (seeing as you posted about them recently)… I mean, they both came from New York… What about Sufjan Stevens, he’s from Michigan and was quite the breakthrough… I mean, come on, you can’t just expect a breakthrough artist to emerge every month… That’s just ridiculous.
the strokes were revolutionary. but that was, what, about eight years ago? the killers also were genre bending/defining, but again, at least four years ago. vampire weekend is good, but i don’t think all that radical/new. {also, suf was about eights years ago now, or more}. i just feel like a lot of the new inventive sounds come from smaller places. now there might be a load of factors that, well, factor into this decision of mine, but it feels like the best come from overseas. {the most obvious thing that could be skewing my perception is that i live here. hence i hear all the music that is in the states. so i inherently hear a lot of garbage with the good. in the case of other countries the garbage never gets enough word of mouth to cross borders, let alone oceans, so i’m left only ever hearing about the bands that truly have talent}.
oh, and in other news, Cloud Cult dominates and is extremely original {even if they don’t seem to get any recognition}
hello … well, just thought id say thankyou for posting up those lior songs. =] i really appreciate it, i needed it for a music assessment. oh yeah and your site is great!!
just thought id suggest an artist, her name is yael naim. you probably have heard of her, her song is on an apple ad.
yeah. :]