{"id":1501,"date":"2022-06-24T02:25:41","date_gmt":"2022-06-24T02:25:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aportaltothenordics.com\/?p=1501"},"modified":"2022-06-24T02:25:41","modified_gmt":"2022-06-24T02:25:41","slug":"maja-lena-no-more-flowers-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nightshiftblog.com\/index.php\/2022\/06\/24\/maja-lena-no-more-flowers-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Maja Lena &#8211; No More Flowers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Reasons to smile today &#8211;<strong>&nbsp;Maja Lena&nbsp;<\/strong>is back!!! She released the stunner of a record&nbsp;<em>The Keeper&nbsp;<\/em>just over a year ago, and she&#8217;s back with news of her second record&nbsp;<em>Pluto<\/em>, releasing via&nbsp;<em>Chiverin Records&nbsp;<\/em>on 18th November. First single&nbsp;<em>No More Flowers&nbsp;<\/em>is out now, once again produced by the legendary&nbsp;<strong>Rob Pemberton<\/strong>&nbsp;and with a video directed by&nbsp;<strong>Martha Webb<\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211; both are a joy, and exactly what I love Maja for.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Talking about the new track, she explains:&nbsp;<em>&#8220;No More Flowers marks the acceptance of a close friendship ending or changing course, and deciding to stop putting energy into something unreciprocated. I&#8217;d been re-watching Studio Ghibli films at the time and fell in love with some of the earlier heavily synth driven soundtracks. I liked the idea of some of the parts sounding like creatures from another world in conversation with each other, which Rob managed to emulate better than I could imagine. Despite the song not being of a particularly happy theme, I wanted the music to feel fun and uplifting, as sometimes change can be a really good thing, even if it doesn&#8217;t initially feel that way.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Maja Lena - No More Flowers (Official Video)\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LVZkwAEiyns?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Having worked for 13 years on a natural horsemanship yard and on a no dig permaculture vegetable growing project, Maja is immersed in the natural world &#8211; so it is a starting point for much of her music. She explains&nbsp;<em>&#8220;I find the repetitive motions of walking, seed planting, sweeping really beneficial to writing music. I&#8217;m also very introverted so I find working alone out on the land quite recharging, it can in turn give me energy for music and gigging. My love of nature and animals feeds into the sound. I like to find sounds or riffs that might conjure landscapes in my head, for this album that&#8217;s otherworldly sounds or creatures in particular.&#8221;&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While the previous record was very much placed in the pastoral, this one is set in an alternate world close to Pluto, a decision inspired by Maja&#8217;s increasing fascination with science fiction in TV, literature and art. Intriguing&#8230; I can&#8217;t wait to hear more!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Follow&nbsp;<strong>Maja Lena&nbsp;<\/strong>&#8211;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MajaLenaMusic\">Facebook<\/a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MajaLenaMusic\">Twitter<\/a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/majalenamusic\/\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reasons to smile today &#8211;&nbsp;Maja Lena&nbsp;is back!!! She released the stunner of a record&nbsp;The Keeper&nbsp;just over a year ago, and she&#8217;s back with news of her second record&nbsp;Pluto, releasing via&nbsp;Chiverin Records&nbsp;on 18th November. 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