The Migrant

‘The Migrant has created a beautiful album worth listening to’ - Gaffa

‘The Migrant has created a beautiful album worth listening to’ - Gaffa

‘Leaves you open-mouthed in awe, your head filled with euphony’ R2 - R2

‘Leaves you open-mouthed in awe, your head filled with euphony’ R2 - R2

'Our advice: Pay the Danegeld'
(the song "Nothing But Clues" was featured on Word Magazine's December 2010 CD compilation) WORD MAGAZINE - Word Magazine

'Our advice: Pay the Danegeld'
(the song "Nothing But Clues" was featured on Word Magazine's December 2010 CD compilation) WORD MAGAZINE - Word Magazine

'one of the most endearing, touching and memorable records of 2010' (8 out of 10) DROWNED IN SOUND - Drowned in Sound

'Bendtsen sells it. He’s great at his craft, and his earnestness is never in question' POPMATTERS - PopMatters

'Bendtsen sells it. He’s great at his craft, and his earnestness is never in question' POPMATTERS - PopMatters

'Glorious traces of that Mercury Rev-like heightened magical realism' (7 out of 10) AMERICANA UK - Americana UK

'the production is picturesque and the candy bag contains exuberant, magnificent arrangements' (4 out of 6) SOUNDVENUE (DK) - Soundvenue (DK)

'the production is picturesque and the candy bag contains exuberant, magnificent arrangements' (4 out of 6) SOUNDVENUE (DK) - Soundvenue (DK)

"beautiful and crooked pop songs of epic proportions" (5 out of 6) GAFFA (DK) - Gaffa (DK)

"beautiful and crooked pop songs of epic proportions" (5 out of 6) GAFFA (DK) - Gaffa (DK)

If you have ever thought "I wish Thom Yorke had made an acoustic solo album around the time of The Bends", this is your lucky day. Because the Migrant's Amerika sounds eerily like that project might have done. It would be disservice to the Migrant's Bjarke Bendtsen to suggest that he is some kind of of Radiohead copyist, though. The Danish singer just happens to share a vocal quality with Yorke - the quality that means you hear the frequency and the emotion, rather than the word. (You could listen a bit harder to work out the word, but the frequency and the emotion convey enough information on their own.) Add in euphoric choruses, such as that of 2811 California Street, and fabulous sonic ideas, like the discordant horns of The Hurricane, and Amerika is a rare find. THE SUNDAY TIMES - Sunday Times

If you have ever thought "I wish Thom Yorke had made an acoustic solo album around the time of The Bends", this is your lucky day. Because the Migrant's Amerika sounds eerily like that project might have done. It would be disservice to the Migrant's Bjarke Bendtsen to suggest that he is some kind of of Radiohead copyist, though. The Danish singer just happens to share a vocal quality with Yorke - the quality that means you hear the frequency and the emotion, rather than the word. (You could listen a bit harder to work out the word, but the frequency and the emotion convey enough information on their own.) Add in euphoric choruses, such as that of 2811 California Street, and fabulous sonic ideas, like the discordant horns of The Hurricane, and Amerika is a rare find. THE SUNDAY TIMES - Sunday Times

'These tunes are heartfelt and sincere and extremely resilient' - Babysue

'These tunes are heartfelt and sincere and extremely resilient' - Babysue

'All-in-all, it’s a hell of a song' (about The Organ Grinder from Travels in Lowland)
- My Old Kentucky Blog

'a brilliant display of pop and psychedelia' - FensePost

'a brilliant display of pop and psychedelia' - FensePost