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Nostalgic News: Aurora’s ‘All My Demons Greeting Me As A Friend’ was released 5 years ago
By
Connie Seamer
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Back in 2016, while the likes of the Chainsmokers and Drake were topping the charts with heavy future bass and dancehall tracks, Norwegian singer-songwriter, Aurora, quietly released her magical debut album
All My Demons Greeting Me As A Friend.
While Aurora has been compared to the surrealism of Bjork combined with the melodic synth-pop of Ellie Goulding,
All My Demons surely proved her as an indescribably unique pop force to be reckoned with.
After her cover of Oasis’ ‘Half The World Away’ appeared on the 2015 John Lewis Christmas advert, Aurora began to gain more attention. When her album was released, it gained favourable reviews from critics but was often perceived as too surface-level to evoke any emotional responses. However, it was the fanbase (whom Aurora calls her “warriors and weirdos”) that she quickly gained that showed the true response to the album; go to any Aurora concert and you will see hundreds of people entranced by this alien-like woman dancing on the stage, moved to silence by her ethereal vocals.