When I was a teen, I was *really really* into Enya. What music for you hits that same spot without being quite so sleepy?
I listened to ALL! THE! ENYA! in junior high and she will always have a special, weird place in my heart. But when I try listening to her albums as an adult, I find a lot of her music to be sedated and mushy-sounding, without much variety (all those steadily tick-tocking strings with endless swelling aaaAAhhs...). I've stumbled across songs that sound kind of like Enya if she skipped yoga class or had an angry breakup, and am wondering if you could recommend others. I have seen previous questions sort of along this line but the askers were specifically looking for calming, uplifting, or sleep-inducing music and that is not a requirement here.
These songs tend to keep some of those really nice synthesizer or layered vocal harmonies, usually have an electronica sound, often in a minor key. But if you have a song where you think "this just kind of feels like Enya, except with a bit of a bite," that's great too.
I already listen to or am aware of Sigur Ros, Bjork, Loreena McKennitt, Enigma, Clannad.
Examples of what I'm thinking of:
Blood Machines (Intro) - Carpenter Brut (got that synth sound but it's fast)
Familiar - Agnes Obel (some layered vocals, lovely melody, but also weird and unsettling)
Johnny Belinda - Active Child (layered vocals and a harp, but darker, sadder)
Think - Kaleida (electronica sound, vocalist sounds a bit like Enya, but more alert) |
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