Emiliana Torrini "Me and Armini"
You can’t go wrong when you pair a light, loping reggae groove with a simple cherubic coo (ask Lily Allen), that’s why “Me and Armini”, a delectable new offering from Icelandic singer Emiliana Torrini is deserving of endless re-plays well into the fall.
As an electro-punctuated island rhythm gently sways beneath her, Torrini, probably best known for co-writing/-producing Kylie Minogue’s “Slow” and replacing an at-the-time pregnant Bjork as vocalist on the Lord of The Rings: The Two Towers tune “Gollum’s Song”, hopelessly pines for the return of an ex-lover who has long moved on to someone else. “I know my place/ I belong in your arms again,” she preciously lilts, intent on waiting around for as long as it takes for her beloved Armini to come to his senses and realize that his new bedmate doesn’t hold a candle to her.
Others think she’s “silly” for putting her life on hold and warn her that she’s setting herself up for a “meltdown”, but Torrini could care less, cause deep down she’s sure her love will eventually make his way back into her open arms again (WHOOO-HOOO!!! Crazy Lady!). We would agree that Em needs to seek out therapy before her reconciliation obsession steers lethal, but listening to her tip-toe ever-so-closer to the loony bin here is far too pleasant to the ears.
Me and Armini, the album, drops September 8th.
DL: “Me and Armini” (YFH)
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