Alice Boman shares 'Waiting (II)' the new rendition of debut single released 11 years to the day via Play It Again Sam
Acclaimed Swedish singer-songwriter Alice Boman today shares ‘Waiting (II)’ via Play It Again Sam - the new version of her debut single, released 11 years ago to the day.
With the original version appearing on Boman’s 2013, debut EP ‘Skisser’ ‘Waiting’ has had widespread success in a number of film and TV series, including Transparent, Glue, Bloodline, The Mist, Good Girls, and most recently the current number one Netflix original Baby Reindeer.
Co-produced and mixed by Tom Millbourn Malmros, this new rendition is elevated by Norwegian musician and composer Daniel Herskedal, whose evocative contributions add a fresh and enchanting dimension. Together, they have crafted a track that seamlessly blends Boman’s ethereal vocals with Hersekdal’s expressive instrumentation, this new version now taking on a rich and atmospheric depth. However, ‘Waiting (II)’ pays homage to its pre-successor, with the artwork taken from the same photo used for her debut EP ‘Skisser’ – a nostalgic nod to Boman’s artistic journey.
With ‘Waiting (II)’, Alice Boman reaffirms her position as a captivating musical storyteller, offering a poignant reflection on the passage of time and the enduring power of music to evoke emotion. As she continues to enchant audiences with her ethereal melodies and introspective lyricism, her latest release stands as a testament to her boundless creativity and artistic vision.
Watch the ‘Waiting (II)’ visualiser here
About Alice Boman
Alice Boman has been thinking about space a lot lately. The silence between sounds, the unspoken bonds between humans, the enormity of the universe and her place within it. “Writing is still a way for me to understand myself,” Boman explains. “As an overthinker, there’s this constant motion in my head, so it helps to sit down and write about it to actually understand what I feel or think. Or just to find stillness.”
You can follow these mini epiphanies on ‘The Space Between’, the Swedish singer-songwriter’s stunning latest album. Ruminating on intimacy and existential angst, to listen is to hear Boman’s thoughts unfurl in real time, her quiet contemplations cocooned in sympathetic arrangements created in collaboration with producer Patrik Berger (Robyn, Lana Del Rey).
Berger also produced her 2020 debut album, ‘Dream On’, which received widespread praise for its immersive yet startlingly-intimate soundscapes. And yet, for all the acclaim, its ascent was ultimately impeded when the world shut down that March. “When COVID came, I had to cancel everything,” Boman recalls. “And while I know some people used that time to go straight into writing, I just couldn’t find any inspiration.”
By the fall of 2021 Boman had rallied, and that winter she and Berger started looking at song structures, recording a jamming session with drummer Nils Törnqvist. It proved such a productive experience they abandoned their initial plan to undertake a detailed pre-production, and instead booked a week at Berger’s studio in Stockholm, working intensively, with Boman even booking a chakra healing session, and a hotel next to the studio so she could remain in the creative sphere without having to break her flow. "It was such a playful process", she recalls. "Me and Patrik played together on separate synths on a lot of the songs — just improvising and trying out stuff. I think you can really feel that in the production.”
The album is very much a journey, charting Boman’s progress from fear (‘Honey’, ‘Maybe’) to the “place of tenderness” she ultimately arrives at on ‘Space’, the album’s exquisite closing track. It’s a journey she hopes listeners will share in, finding comfort in community. Because as Boman knows all too well, when life gets too much, there’s always music.
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