Adna - Night (2014)

“There’s so much with the night that is inspiring, because it is the silence that will bring out new sounds.”

Listening to 19-year-old Swedish singer (now based in Berlin) Adna’s debut album Night, it makes sense that the entire project was written during five nights. The music feels calm, like its the only thing awake and thinking in a quiet, sleeping world. When she writes, Adna starts off with a Swedish lyric, a guitar riff, and a sound in her head. She builds from here, but her outlook on the silence of nighttime is reflected by the barren soundscapes. The empty space in her music is essential.