more from
Morr Music
We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

Keys

by masha qrella

/
  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card

      €7 EUR  or more

     

  • Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    Includes unlimited streaming of Keys via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    ships out within 3 days
    Purchasable with gift card

      €15.99 EUR or more 

     

  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    Includes unlimited streaming of Keys via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    ships out within 3 days
    Purchasable with gift card

      €13.99 EUR or more 

     

1.
2.
Pale Days 04:51
3.
Keys 03:57
4.
Simple Song 04:09
5.
Girl 05:20
6.
Rescue Pills 02:36
7.
White Horses 03:11
8.
Bogota 03:28
9.
DJ 05:02 video
10.
Sicily 03:03
11.
Why 03:08

about

Her new album "Keys" shows Berlin-based musician Masha Qrella elegantly fusing disco-pop and songwriting. Written and produced by Qrella in her studio within one year, the album’s eleven songs feature well-known elements of fragility, perfection and understatement, while walking a fine line between laconic coolness and passionate uptempo melancholia.

There is a new straightforwardness in how Qrella sings about break-ups, new beginnings, rescue pills and keys: "Please don’t give me your keys / cause I don’t wanna have to give them back again," goes the refrain of the title track, whose deliberately sparse instrumentation is unexpectedly interrupted by the noise of traffic and construction sites. It’s one of those little irritating and surprising twists that have always been crucial to Qrella's music.

While her earlier solo records relied on more electronic elements, stumbling beats and sonic textures, Masha Qrella now puts emphasis on her voice and songwriting. Finally, every sort of shyness seems to have vanished.

"Every night another day, every day another night, every street leads to a new place than the one I used to find." This is the opening line of the album, and you get the feeling that Masha Qrella is breaking new personal ground on this record, which marks her fourth full length for Morr Music. Every single song on "Keys" shows an immediate and open-hearted quality that Qrella did not quite reveal before.

With this record, Masha Qrella creates a very distinct version of pop music, subtly reminding you of her love for Elliott Smith, Neil Young, Air or Metronomy, but always staying true to herself. Join her on this emotional dance floor.

credits

released April 15, 2016

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

masha qrella Berlin, Germany

contact / help

Contact masha qrella

Streaming and
Download help

Report this album or account

If you like masha qrella, you may also like: