Eleni Era - Younger Heart
- by Louvana Records
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- 02 Feb, 2021
Alternative pop artist Eleni Era announces her sophomore album Younger Heart out on 31 March
Following her collection of pop deviations on her 2019 debut album, Rise Love, Eleni Era plunges deep into an overdue appointment with her soul in her sophomore album, Younger Heart to gain insight that transcends from the glowing embers of the heart, in through the fingertips, and out onto the piano.
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Raised in the invigorating stillness of a small Cypriot village before moving to Berlin at eighteen to study classical voice and piano, Eleni Era has an infallible knack for translating selfcare into the aural elixir that is her lyric and songwriting. Her first album Rise Love followed solo live videos showcasing stripped-down cuts of the album’s songs. Using both English and her native Greek tongue, the songwriter builds on themes of empowered compassion in Younger Heart (out on 31 March) by way of equanimous ballads, psychedelic chamber pop, and nostalgic vintage gospel infusions.
Once in a lifetime, you’ll experience a pandemic. Once in a blue moon, you’ll have a chance to escape to a secluded island. Once on a red Thursday, as the local saying in Cyprus goes, you’ll be in a situation with a group of complete strangers, fully immersed in the sparks of creation flying forth. On A Red Thursday (9 March) is the product of just such a gathering of musicians from a multitude of backgrounds, journeys, skills and preferences. Their first single, ‘ Until We Meet Again’ , performed by Eurotoire team members Panayi and Jolien marks the beginning of sharing their experiences of stepping outside their comfort zones with the world. Following this first offering is alternative RnB number ‘ So Lonely ’ (3 February) performed by Maris Pihlap. ‘ Figures ’ (25 February) is the final single before the album’s release and sees Raveloe and Tamara van Esch punk out in a commentary on obstacles womxn face.
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In a songwriting programme piloted by Cypriot label, Louvana Records called Eurotoire, songwriters, producers, and session musicians from ten countries were invited to gather in Cyprus to test their limits, trust strangers, and allow their artistry to merge. Their initial week-long meeting began on a Thursday in June at Studio eleven63 in the island’s capital of Nicosia and blossomed into fifteen demos. After another two writing and recording sessions in July and September, the tracks bloomed into the Eurotoire team members’ fully-fledged album. Now they’re using On A Red Thursday to spread the word about the power of surrendering to creative instinct and collaborating with the unknown. On 13 February, the Louvana Records YouTube channel premiered a short documentary created by all eighteen artists with a single camera shared between them. Clips shot by the artists were edited together by videographer Antonis Pouliasis to depict their journey from complete strangers to collaborators as they untie forces to create an album together.