Swiss singer and songwriter Nadine Carina is returning with an enchanting sound nourished by dreams, quiet moments in nature, and inner journeys. After a five-year hiatus and becoming a mother, her fourth album “The Blue Hour”—which she began writing in 2020—takes its name from that short and magical moment of silence in nature: the blue hour.
The album’s story took shape in a home studio in the Ticino mountains of Switzerland, in the earliest hours of the morning. Alone in the silence of the mountains, Nadine Carina wrote ten extremely intimate and touching pieces with just a guitar and a ukulele. The album offers a “musical pause” woven with delicate textures, wandering between dreamfolk, folk, and soft electropop.
“The Blue Hour” transforms transience and the value of the moment into sounds. Nadine Carina’s whisper-like, delicate vocals combine with atmospheric and organic arrangements to invite the listener into a deep state of peace.
Tracks like “Soft Rain,” “Drifting,” and “Blooming” are the finest examples of Carina’s dream-based songwriting. The music is designed not just to be heard but to be felt and lost in during those quiet blue hours. Blending the aesthetics of Berlin and Swiss scenes, this work adds an extremely elegant and serene perspective to modern folk music.
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The album is a perfect refuge for those wanting to escape the noise of modern life and take shelter in the cool morning air of the mountains. Nadine Carina’s return after 5 years makes the maturity and clarity that motherhood and silence have added to her music felt in every note. For those who love Bon Iver’s acoustic intimacy or The Japanese House’s atmospheric textures, this album could be one of the year’s most peaceful discoveries.
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