"Type Nesrin Sen" is the title of this self-produced demo album by the Swedish singer/songwriter Nesrin Sen. As often, with this type of music, the songs are personal and mostly acoustic (although there are also electric guitar and bass used on some songs).

The music is typical singer/songwriter music: down-tempo, melancholic tunes that relies on the melodies and the vocals. The quality of it is very high, especially considered the fact that this is Nesrin's first album and she has written it, produced it and performed vocals and acoustic guitar herself. The melodies are strong all through the album and, above all, they are never simple or conventional. The arrangements are very professional and varied and the production is perfectly acceptable. The most impressing aspect, though, is Nesrin's voice, which I like very much. She has a clean, beautiful voice, that can be either fragile, powerful or cool; whatever the mood of the song demands.

The music contains a myriad of influences and they all blend together and become something new. Now and then some more distinguishable influences break through, like lounge jazz in "Love Is Like Fire" for instance, but they always seem to fit in perfectly with the rest of the music.

Favourites off the album are the melancholic "Star 10", the surprisingly heavy "Blue City" and the quite rockish "Out Of the Clouds", which remind me slightly of PJ Harvey. None, of the songs, however, strike me as weak or dull. "Type Nesrin Sin" is a very good album and I hope that people find out about it. This artist could easily become a mainstream success if only she gets enough attention. This is not really alternative music, it is simply damn good music.

/Anders Eklund movinghands