Teitur (last name, not used: Lassen) is a singer/songwriter who early in his life left the northern European Faroe Islands and now spends most of his time in Denmark, which largely owns the (mostly) independent Faroes. Teitur is largely independent himself, particularly since leaving the confines of the major Universal label for the Arlo and Betty label he shares with his manager (the album is licensed to Equator Music in the U.S.). Singing in English, he released his debut, Poetry & Aeroplanes, in 2003 to...   [ read more ]

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Evoking images of sensitive '70s MOR, the pensive male singer/songwriter came into vogue as the millennium turned. Teitur (full name Teitur Lassen) came to prominence on the heels of this movement. Though he is often compared to John Mayer, Poetry & Aeroplanes is more otherworldly than most Mayer fare, possibly as a result of Teitur's cosmopolitan background (he left the Faroe Islands as a teenager and proceeded to spend little time on any one continent). Dramatic orchestrations fill o...   [ read more ]

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"I always had the voice and now I am a singer," Teitur declares on The Singer's title track, a song that is either uncomfortably self-referential or half-hearted in its humor. As with much of Teitur's material, the arrangement is sparse and elegantly atmospheric, with vibraphones and strings underscoring the voice that Teitur so deliberately sings about. The quiet instrumentation is appealing, but the beauty of Teitur's music doesn't quite hold up when it's explicitly referenced. While 2003'...   [ read more ]

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