Elizabeth Anka Vajagic is a singer and guitarist writing raw, uncompromising gothic folk/blues music with modern dissonances and timeless catharses. Vajagic was born in Montreal and has been unleashing her devastating voice in chillingly controlled doses in her hometown for some years now. With this debut recording she sets her vocals against a backdrop led by ragged guitars. She moves from harrowing, dry-as-a-bone intimacy on tracks such as With Hopes Lost and Iceland, to reverb-soaked torch-song balladry on Around Here and Sleep With Dried Up Tears, incurring the odd explosive noise freakout along the way. Vajagic's voice and lyrics are uniquely powerful, with points of comparison ranging from early PJ Harvey, Diamanda Galas, and Siouxsie Sioux, to Hope Sandoval and Lisa Germano. Through much cross-pollination within the local noise/improv scene, Elizabeth has assembled a fine cast of players to add focused textures and arrangements to the seven tracks on this debut record, making for an intense cycle of songs peppered with skittering drums, contrebasse, cello, harmonium, piano, bowed cymbals, and oud. Guest players include Chris Burns and Simon Fazakerley (Crackpot, Steak 72) on 2nd guitars, Beckie Foon (Silver Mt. Zion, Esmerine) on cello, Michel Langevin (Voivod) on drums, Fluffy Erskine (Molasses, Hrsta) on percussion, Sam Shalabi on oud and Efrim (gy!be), Silver Mt. Zion) on piano and harmonium. The album was recorded at the Hotel2Tango in Montreal by Howard Bilerman.
Listen to Elizabeth on Adrian's show on Different Class Radio. There are also tracks from Music of Seville, Sufjan Stevens, Citizen Helene and Paul Quinn, plus many more. All yours to stream or download for your listening pleasure.
Merci beaucoup!superbes chansons!et une voix....!très contente de t'avoir découverte sur la toile!j' espère te voir sur scène bientôt,peut être à montréal!?
Many thanks for the friendship. If you're interested we have just released a CD for which you can pay what you choose (with Free Worldwide Postage)...cheers
Thank you for accepting the friendship-request. To bad i couldn't see you play at the EKKO recently. Are you ever goin' to return to Holland for another show? Maybe even Amsterdam?
