“Front page photo by Sofia Fredricks Sprung
One of 2010's most overlooked albums-- outside Norway, at least-- was songwriter and pianist Susanne Sundfør's The Brothel. Lush and spooky, the art-folk album soared past all the typical pitfalls of the genre and was enough of an artistic and commercial breakthrough that Sundfør's follow-up, this year's The Silicone Veil, is seeing a wider U.K. release o”