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Solveig Aas

NOVEMBER TAKES THE MIRRORS DOWN

Two months a year the sun does not rise where she lives

vex on it

the run

Honest use case: Listeners seeking introspective, atmospheric music that evokes a specific, stark Northern European winter feeling.

Exhibit:Det er ikke morket. Det er at ingen ser deg.

style

  • nordic folk
  • ambient
  • hardanger fiddle
  • field recordings
  • female soprano
  • ethereal and breathy
  • vast reverb
  • arctic stillness
  • norwegian accent
  • still

the numbers

bpm
89
key
C minor
energy
0.71
dance
0.88
valence
0.37
vocal at
2.8s
length
3:17
words
137
clichés
0
language
No

most sung: “november” ×7 · “down” ×6 · “takes” ×4

lyrics

(november)

Sola gar ned i oktober og kommer ikke igjen
The sun goes down in October and does not come back for it
Og hele byen slutter a se pa hverandre
And the whole town quietly stops looking at each other

November takes the mirrors down

Om sommeren horer jeg en som prover
In June I hear a woman working very hard at something
Om vinteren horer jeg bare noen som synger
In November I hear somebody singing, which is different

November takes the mirrors down

Legen skrev noe ned og trodde meg ikke
The doctor wrote something down and did not believe me
Det er ikke morket. Det er at ingen ser deg.
It is not the dark. It is that nobody can see you.

November takes the mirrors down
November takes the mirrors down

(november...)
NOVEMBER TAKES THE MIRRORS DOWN — Solveig Aas · FERAL