Firefox AK: Heart of Mine
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It’s been five years since Firefox AK (aka Andrea Kellerman) released Color the Trees, so we’re excited to hear that she is back with a new forthcoming album in early 2017.
She teased us that she will once again be collaborating on a song with her friend Annika Norlin (Hello Saferide) on the new record (the two of them previously worked together on Hello Saferide’s ‘Long Lost Penpal’).
Why the long break? According to Kellerman, it was mostly due to the stress of trying to be successful at her record label: “I was probably naïve, but for me, who was used to the personal and loyal people at Razzia Records, it was almost shocking to all of a sudden work with people who were more concerned with sales figures than I was ever used to. In the end it took away the joy of making music.”
She took a break from music to raise her family (apparently in Los Angeles!) and worked as a graphic designer after all the tour promotion for Color the Trees.
Anyway, Firefox AK’s latest single and music video Heart of Mine is out now on Razzia, so she has not left the record label. The new single was produced by Claes Björklund, known for being in the duo Iamamiwhoami (with singer Jonna Lee), and the music video was directed by Mats Udd. The video has a creepy, demonic possession, vibe to it.
Sample lyrics from “Heart of Mine”:
She teased us that she will once again be collaborating on a song with her friend Annika Norlin (Hello Saferide) on the new record (the two of them previously worked together on Hello Saferide’s ‘Long Lost Penpal’).
Why the long break? According to Kellerman, it was mostly due to the stress of trying to be successful at her record label: “I was probably naïve, but for me, who was used to the personal and loyal people at Razzia Records, it was almost shocking to all of a sudden work with people who were more concerned with sales figures than I was ever used to. In the end it took away the joy of making music.”
She took a break from music to raise her family (apparently in Los Angeles!) and worked as a graphic designer after all the tour promotion for Color the Trees.
Anyway, Firefox AK’s latest single and music video Heart of Mine is out now on Razzia, so she has not left the record label. The new single was produced by Claes Björklund, known for being in the duo Iamamiwhoami (with singer Jonna Lee), and the music video was directed by Mats Udd. The video has a creepy, demonic possession, vibe to it.
Sample lyrics from “Heart of Mine”:
“Told you like a thousand times
This is where I wanna be
Ruffling my feathers before your eyes
Never felt this way before
Never wanted nothing more
calling out the crazy before your eyes”
This is where I wanna be
Ruffling my feathers before your eyes
Never felt this way before
Never wanted nothing more
calling out the crazy before your eyes”
We’re big fans, of course. And in case you forget, we did speak with Andrea Kellerman when she first appeared at CMJ in 2008 via telephone. You can download the audio file on archive.org.
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