Album review: Ida Maria
What is the fortress around Ida Maria’s heart? Perhaps it’s the frantically fun beat, the enjoyment of the night of with no thought of the morning after. The songs are stories of bars and boys, but with little sense of lament. Even on “Queen of the World,” when she sings “I’m lonely this year, I’m lonely forever,” a sense of joy underpins the sentiment. It’s the feeling of abandoning all concern for recklessness, with the half time handclaps urging her on. The band mixes hints of PJ Harvey’s guitar sound with more candid pop (think new wave, not boy bands), spinning angular guitars and slightly out-of-rhythm drumbeats into a restless post-punk dream.
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