The cheerful pop of "Paris, Paris" is also disappeared during the past two years as the driving pop rock of "Vanilla Skin Delight". The flashy, playful red dress and the color-coordinated umbrella of the cover of "Libertine" were replaced by elegant black and gray, and so you can see the mood of the two albums already prima mooring at its cover artwork. Here the poppy fleet predecessor because its just published successor "Vervain," an unexpectedly gloomy, thoughtful album. Of course, the voice of Liv Kristine is identify instantly and unmistakably, the trappings, however, is dark, therefore, as one would perhaps expect. During the guitar-driven "My Wilderness" still rather timid squints towards Gothic Rock and "Love Decay" fittingly End of Green Minor champion Michelle Darkness is a rendezvous, it is whether the distinctively doomy heaviness of "Stronghold of Angels" (feat . Doro Pesch) then but slightly stunned. At least. Where is the ease that summer breeze? Down to summer predecessor, making it, if you will, only the logical consequence of this time nachzulegen with an autumn album. Depending on your preference fits "Vervain" namely quite well in the dark season and optionally to a good cup of tea or a glass of red wine just such. While the rain outside falling on the tin roof and the wind blows the leaves past the window, to hang inside thoughtfully before the sad-beautiful ballad "Lotus" and can recite a lament of loneliness of the Norwegian. To not completely succumbing to mope found fortunately a few pop-rock gloom-catchy tunes like "Creeper" and "Two and a Heart" to "Vervain" fanning the album and ensure that the prevailing mood then is not too pessimistic. Good thing, because an open, cheerful personality like that of Liv Kristine a pitch-black pop monolith would really not fit.
