Stina’s Back from Texas...Hope She’ll Be My Valentine...Dynamite

 The Fems of Feb.

Stina Nordenstam (born Kristina Ulrika Nordenstam in Stockholm) is a Swedish singer, songwriter. & musician.

Her early work was significantly jazz-influenced, with only subtle elements of alternative rock. With 1997s Dynamite she started down a darker, more experimental path; most of that album is filled with processed, distorted electric guitars & unusual beats showcasing her unique song-writing abilities.

Believing in what The Resident's refer to as "The Theory of Obscurity" Stina rarely performs live, often alters her appearance using wigs & make-up for album covers, & gives very few interviews. Her discomfort with doing interviews means she has always remained a mysterious figure, with precious little known about her beyond what one can glean from listening to her music. In her view "a piece of art doesn't often benefit from a lot of information. It's best if you just experience it and fill the rest in for yourself."

Her child-like voice combined with her atmospheric jazz-influenced instrumentation & the beautiful fragility of her songs paint a picture of one who spends most of her time working with fierce intensity on her music, in between bouts of standing sadly on railway platforms in the rain, or wandering waif-like through the woods.

Stina Nordenstam - And She Closed Her Eyes, Telegram Records Stockholm 4509-93898-2, 1994.
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When Debbie's Back from Texas   
Viewed from the Spire   
Crime   
Fireworks   
Proposal   
Little Star   
Hopefully Yours   
Murder in Mairyland Park   
I See You Again   
So This is Goodbye   
Something Nice   
And She Closed Her Eyes

 

 

Stina Nordenstam - Dynamite, Telegram Records Stockholm 0630-15605-2, 1996.

Under Your Command   
Dynamite   
Almost a Smile   
Mary Bell   
The Man with the Gun   
Until   
This Time, John   
CQD   
Down Desire Avenue   
Now That You're Leaving

Enjoy,
NØ