Music for people in trouble - live from the Barbican

"2017's Music for People in Trouble saw the spell-casting Norwegian singer/songwriter dial back on the icy ABBA-esque electro-pop of 2015's Ten Love Songs in favor of something far more personal, yet no less compelling. Inspired by the socio-political discord of the information age and a particularly intense time of soul searching, the ten-track set is built largely around Sundfor's powerful voice with accompaniments limited to mostly guitar, piano, and strings ... An intimate and emotional performance that bears the weight of the material with grace".

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"[During] Susanne Sundfør's May 2018 live dates (...), the 2017 studio set's songs were reframed to become springing-off points for "Reincarnation"'s country swing to be ramped up, a Santo & Johnny pedal steel coda pointing at heaven; "Bedtime Story"'s clarinet suggests klezmer; a four-minute double bass solo ends "Undercover". Yet Sundfør's pliant voice still dominates. In "Undercover" she sings as if filling a verdant valley, and she encompasses "Mountaineers"' wider terrain".