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Description
“Daughter of War” is the debut album of the new four-piece band It Was Her Idea. Vocalist Juliana Venter and drummer Paal Nilssen-Love have already worked together in Paal’s PNL Circus project, and wanted to further this collaboration to a different direction, to explore other aspects that they had touched upon in Circus, and work with material that isn’t only composed by Paal. The first choice of bass player was Ole Morten Vågan, who is an orchestra by himself. Ole Morten and Paal go way back as friends with a mutual respect for each other as artists, yet never really found the time to work properly together. Now’s the time. The fourth member is the Swedish (Norwegian-based) pianist Oscar Grünberg, who in the last year has clearly marked himself as one of the strongest piano players in the Scandinavian music scene. Already on paper you can tell this is going to be a different beast.
The four musicians started playing together in 2022, with all of them bringing in compositions, and through the juxtaposition of these four individual voices something new was born, something more than a one-off meeting. The music is a mix of jazz, contemporary music, noise, and conceptual pieces – a wide musical landscape that reflects the combined years of experience of the four of them. A strong feature of the band is the visceral vocal performance of Juliana, which gives the band a unique focus. The title track – the sadly all too relevantly titled “Daughter of War”, with lyrics written by Khaleda Froagh – is a testament to Juliana’s strenght as a vocalist.
In 2025 It Was Her Idea went to Athletic Studios in Halden and had Dag Erik Johansen record their first album.
Label: PNL Records
Released in:
2026
Shipping from: Chicago
