When Your Blackening Shows
Album // Label: Bella Union - 2008
“Dreamily moonlighting from piano-tinkling in Efterklang, Anna Bronstead here does that turn-off-your-mind, float downstream thing… Lovely."
The Independent ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
“A death waltz of B-movie organs and prickly guitars that sounds like Beth Gibbons auditioning for the next James Bond theme… Wrap up warm and enjoy”
NME 7/10 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
"“OBG’s song’s unfurl slowly, lending the music a poignant, half dreamt quality… Bronstead’s flawlessly calibrated vocals are seductively sweet yet as chilly as an ice cream sundae – imagine Julee Cruise fronting Tindersticks – while the swooning melodies bewitch long after the CD has ended““"
Mojo 4/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
“an almost indecently satisfying record… washes of organ and echoing electric guitar suggest vast spaces and emotions… On top of it all floats the lonely voice of Anna Bronstead… the effect is all-enveloping, otherworldly and deeply soothing”
WORD
“That she plays with Danish post-rockers Efterklang tells you a lot about Anna Bronstead… Add an affinity for the sonic cathedrals of Sigur Ros and Bronstead’s own haunting vocals and you complete the dreamy picture… Spellbinding”
UNCUT
“Fronted by the near-heavenly voice of Anna Bronstead… enveloped in a warmth of gentle, atmospheric and icy orchestration… ominous yet beautiful ballads in which light and darkness co-exist gracefully””
The Fly ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Golden Sea
Album // Label: Bella Union - 2010
"Morgentåget vokal bør få ørene til at spidses hos alle"
Politiken ♥️♥️♥️♥️
“Fortryllende natteidyl”
Soundvenue 5/6 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
“Serene hymnals cosy up to more baroque beasts, shuddering with strings, beats and melodramatic imagery… Bronsted's supple voice caps a darkly seductive spell: part intimate, part expansive, wholly haunting”
The Independent
“the most deliciously constructed orchestral-tinged dream-pop since Sigur Ros… this second tide of beauty leaves you simply breathless"
NME 8/10 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
“Cinematic and classical… absolutely spellbinding… this record is worth its weight in gold”
Artrocker ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
“a reverberant, electronically augmented sound, distilling a distinctly Scandinavian take on matters emotional, somehow poised forever between epiphany and desolation”
MOJO - 4/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
“a post-Sigur Ros sound that finds an atmospheric connection between shoegazing and piano-led classical music… sensual dreamscapes… gorgeous reveries
Uncut ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
“Golden Sea reconnects with and rejuvenates a classic strand of the 80s revival.. In the Lowlands drifts along as mournful and glorious as the autumnscape it describes”
Mark Beaumont for BBC
“Rich, lavishly layered and overflowing with invention… A brave delight that unfurls more of its charms with every listen”
Q ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
“eerily beautiful vocals form the heart and soul of their material… it's blissfully easy to sink into Golden Sea's fantastical atmospheres”
Metro UK
“songs merge to create one soothing, spectral, golden lullaby… Truly wonderful”
The Fly ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
“this is music to mend the soul… music that could soundtrack being blissfully adrift on a golden sea”
The Sun ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
BLIND
"Blind er et ambitiøst album med højt til loftet, og det internationale snit er ikke til at tage fejl af."
Gaffa 5/6 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
“A bruised, beautiful comeback album... richly expressive.. Brønsted’s supple voice casts a binding spell... A lovingly sculpted album.”
Record Collector - 4/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
“John Grant guests on ‘Rain’ and his appearance is a good marker for the sort of uncompromising and audacious artist that Brønsted clearly is.”
Rock’n’Reel - 4/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Album // Label: Bella Union - 2023
“Et uhyre smukt album… Our Broken Garden er et dybt originalt foretagende”
JyllandsPosten 5/6 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
“Sublimely enchanting, soul-searching meditations...’
Uncut – 8/10 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
“Hopefully, this lovely album means she’s back to stay.”
MOJO - 4/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
“Drømme lever i sprækkerne, lyset trænger igennem, hvor man mindst venter det”"
Kristeligt Dagblad 5/6 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
“A songwriter of real majesty and grace, Our Broken Garden’s Anna Brønsted seems able to channel pure emotion…. A truly magical piece of work.”
Clash Magazine
“Blind is a reminder of what music can be and can do to comfort those who are looking for a genuine connection”
GodIsInTheTVZine 8/10 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️