Hafdís Huld: Synchronised Swimmers | CD review

(Red Grape)Iceland's Hafdís Huld was just 15 when she toured the world with dance pioneers GusGus. Such independence of spirit defines most popular music that makes it across the North Atlantic, but while artists such as Björk and Sigur Rós have carved very definite niches, Huld's sweetly melancholic strand of folk-pop is, for all it's quirky pretensions, disappointingly prosaic. Synchronised Swimmers starts well: opener Action Man delivers a lovely sing-song chorus over bubbling electronics...

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