iamamiwhoami - Blue

iamamiwhoami returns with her sophomore album, Blue.

iamamiwhoami - "chasing kites"

A new track from previously praised Swedish songwriter and synth pop singer Jonna Lee. She's been releasing music under the once anonymous pseudonym of iamamiwhoami for a few years now, and she's gearing up to release the followup to her wonderful debut this November. The title of this forthcoming album: Blue.

Thus far, in my opinion, many of the tracks Jonna has released have been less than impressive. Her influences have remained roughly the same, delivering synth melodies vocal performances reminiscent of the Knife or Kate Bush. However, the songwriting just hasn't been there for me.

However, "Chasing Kites" is definitely a change of pace in that regard. The song is a synth pop gem, and features incredibly catchy chorus, a gripping rhythm, and some epic synth chords.

While I'm not dying to hear Blue, I wasn't dying to hear Kin either. I recall having a hard time connecting to many of the songs from that record until I heard the whole thing as an album. Hopefully, that's the case this time around as well.

iamamiwhoami - "Fountain"

Earlier today, indie electropop artist iamamiwhoami has come out with a gorgeous new video and song called "Fountain." iamamiwhoami is still wearing her influences - like Björk and The Knife - on her sleeve, but the glimmering synth and her voice add up to something too majestic to be denied. Enjoy!

Catch Anthony's review of her latest project Kin here:

iamamiwhoami- KIN

Though clearly influenced by artists like the Knife, Portishead, and Björk, iamamiwhoami manages to pull together some very captivating and eccentric synth pop songs on her debut album.

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iamamiwhoami- "; john"

The rise and eventually plateau of iamamiwhoami is a depressing one. After a series of abstract videos on this YouTube channel started getting passed around by big-named bloggers, a thick buzz started to surrounded the project. Most of the excitement wasn't centered around the music; rather, it was the question of who was behind this anonymous project that was turning heads.

Was it Bjork? Was it Fever Ray? Was it Boards of Canada?

Well, now that we know it's Swedish singer-songwriter Jonna Lee, it seems a lot less people care. And that's fine. Marketing campaigns such as this that bait listeners and allow them to think something is something else are insulting anyway.

But it turns out that the music Lee is pumping out under this pseudonym isn't half bad. Though it isn't Fever Ray, it's not too unlike Karin Dreijer Andersson's solo project; however, lee lets pop influence her work a lot more than Andersson does.

On "; john," electronic arpeggios bubble underneath some breathy vocals and old school synthesizers. The groove drives as a nice speed, and the music is surprisingly, well, normal in comparison to the video, which seems to be about some kind of padded room where captive victims file in one-by-one for some kind of S&M-esque treatment. Or maybe I'm wrong. But what else do you expect with a mask like that?

Bring me out the gimp.