Das Debüt-Soloalbum von GABRIELLA COHEN ist das Ergebnis von 10 Tagen und zwei Mikrofonen. Das von Kate ,Babyshakes Dillon, enger Freundin, Mitmusikerin und Tontechnikerin mitproduzierte Album ist das Ergebnis einer, so COHEN, ,Zeremonie", in welcher Beziehungen ergründet wurden. Der raue, persönliche Charme des Albums entstammt dem Geburtsort des Albums, das Elternhaus Dillons auf dem Land, gleichermaßen wie den Straßen Brisbanes, in denen es geschrieben wurde. Die Nostalgie der Songs rührt aus Traurigkeit und Triumph. In ,I Don't Feel So Alive" warnt COHEN: ,This could be the last time we get together" und das ist einerseits melancholisch, doch andererseits liegt es ebenfalls in der Natur des Endes, dass daraus ein neuer Anfang folgt. Das Album erscheint zeitlos, was nicht heißen soll ,altbacken" - es heißt, dass sich der Vocoder in ,Feelin Free" und die wabernden und hektischen Drums in ,Alien Anthem" bestens mit den verträumten, trabenden Melodien und dem Old-School-Ethos im Herzen des Songwritings COHENs vertragen.[ENG] Gabriella Cohen's debut solo full-length is the product of ten days and two microphones. Co-produced alongside close friend, bandmate, and engineer Kate 'Babyshakes' Dillon, the record is the result of what Cohen describes as the "ceremony" of reflecting on a relationship. The album's raw, personal side could be traced back to its place of birth at Dillon's parents' place in the country, or to the Brisbane streets the songs were composed in. The songs are soaked in the kind of aching nostalgia that is tinged with equal measures of sadness and triumph. On "I Don't Feel So Alive", Cohen warns: "This could be the last time we get together", and on one hand it's melancholy, but it's in the spirit of endings that are also beginnings. After finishing the record, Cohen and Dillon hit the road down Australia's East Coast, from Brisbane to Melbourne, a truck full of instruments and gear following in their wake. There are two sides to Cohen's coin though - for every moment of raw, cutting emotion, there's one of otherworldly ethereality. It's what makes the record feel timeless, which doesn't mean old-fashioned - it means that the vocoder on "Feelin' Fine" and the fuzzy, frenzied drums of "Alien Anthem" don't feel at odds with the dreamy, ambling melodies and old-school ethos at the heart of Cohen's songwriting.