Kristina Issa - Barn som ber (2024) [Hi-Res]

When Kristina Issa releases her fourth album this fall, we meet an artist who dared to challenge herself. For the first time, the English language has been replaced by concentrated, apt Swedish lyrics and the broad musical palette draws inspiration from energetic indie pop as well as oriental tonality. The theme revolves around depression and loneliness, but also hope and faith in the future. Issa herself describes the album - which has been titled "Children who pray" - as a "mix of all my three previous records; the pop, the dark sound and the more experimental". The production has been created through a close collaboration between Issa and Filip Leyman (Anna von Hausswolff and others).