Emirsian - A gentle kind of disaster CD

"A Gentle Kind Of Disaster" is one of those quiet albums that suddenly grab you and become something special after just a few listens. Aren Emirze - known as the frontman of the noise rockers Harmful - hides behind Emirsian. On his acoustic debut album, he dares to become a solo artist. The greatness of "A Gentle Kind Of Disaster" lies in this vulnerability and openness: we hear melancholy but light-footed folk pop, sadly beautiful, of international class - somewhere between Elliott Smith, Nick Drake and Smog, but also something for lovers of the Labels Saddle Creek. The son of Armenian immigrants presents Anglo-American singer/songwriter culture with Armenian roots. He mixes acoustic sounds with sound experiments, chases the wooden guitars through the distortion and avoids the drums. Spartan, personal and very direct - and at the other end of the musical scale on which Aren Emirze has moved so far