![]() Finally, every sort of shyness seems to have vanished. ![]() While her earlier solo records relied on more electronic elements, stumbling beats and sonic textures, Masha Qrella now puts emphasis on her voice and songwriting. It’s one of those little irritating and surprising twists that have always been crucial to Qrella's music. There is a new straightforwardness in how Qrella sings about break-ups, new beginnings, rescue pills and keys: "Please don’t give me your keys / cause I don’t wanna have to give them back again," goes the refrain of the title track, whose deliberately sparse instrumentation is unexpectedly interrupted by the noise of traffic and construction sites. ![]() Written and produced by Qrella in her studio within one year, the album’s eleven songs feature well-known elements of fragility, perfection and understatement, while walking a fine line between laconic coolness and passionate uptempo melancholia. Her new album "Keys" shows Berlin-based musician Masha Qrella elegantly fusing disco-pop and songwriting.
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