Silje Nes
Opticks

“Silje gjør det selv,” that is, “Silje does it herself,” declared Oslo newspaper Aftenposten on the subject of singer/multi-instrumentalist Silje Nes,...

Silje Nes? voice is pleasant and whispery, ambient and harmonic, yet like other Nordic indie singers, struggles to carry a strong melody. Maybe it?s t...

Silje Nes makes music that sounds incredibly private and intimate. She sings words, but they barely register-- her soft, wispy voice indicates a human...

Norway's Silje Nes home records, and while it adds warmthand intimacy to her songs, they come off so delicate and cocoon-like they caninduce claustrop...

One of the great things about music is that it, unlike any other art form, doesn't always require your full attention. You can listen to it as you rid...

Sure, once you hear that Silje Nes hails from the tiny coastal town of Liekanger, Norway, her music seems to echo out of some vast snowy terrain, a lo...

Music is one of the most abstract and intangible forms of art ever created by man. You can hear it, but you can’t see it, you can’t touch it, you can...

So much face value description of Silje Nes’ newest album, Opticks, will sound like you’ve heard it before. A Norwegian, female, multi-instrumentalist...

If there's a bundle of stereotypes preceding any singer-songwriter of Scandinavian extraction, it surely includes the following: glacial beauty, whisp...