Pure-o

"Jahnsen proves she has some creative ideas as a songwriter and musician, but those ideas don't always translate how they are meant to. Still, the stronger songs and her gradual transformation as an artist offers thrilling glimpses of Farao coming further into her own".

"As Farao, Berlin-based Norwegian musician Kari Jahnsen established a trippy, textured mix of folk, rock, and whimsical atmosphere alongside ethereal vocals on her 2015 debut, Til It's All Forgotten. Three years later, her follow-up takes a left turn, though it's a wide rather than a sharp one, retaining much of her off-kilter electro-acoustic sound but recontextualizing it as dedicated alternative dance music".

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"What Farao does so well on Pure-O is to create something nuanced and interesting. With an extra bit of reverb here, a pitch shift there, she ensures that the stands out from other synthpop, which can feel clinical: too clean and polished. It's cohesive in the same way a film's soundtrack is, and many tracks wouldn't feel out of place played live in The Bang Bang Bar as the last song on an episode of Twin Peaks: The Return".

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