Great Aunt Ida — Our Fall

Another gorgeous quiet-pop secret from Hive Fidelity, Ida Nilsen's girl/piano combo pulls off a small miracle and sounds nothing like any of the other million girl/piano combos out there. Her talents on the keys create tragic, peppy and angelic sounds. Then there's her voice — Nilsen can do "sweet" on the pop whimsy of "Macarena" (no, not a cover) but largely sticks to a "don't drop this voice or you'll break it" quiet fragility. Add to the mix her band, including trumpet and saw, a Hayden-esque lyrical simplicity and a spot-on girl version of The Waterboys' "Fisherman's Blues" and it's a keeper. 

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