More Modern Stories from Hello Saferide (2008)
What makes these unassuming vignettes so special, however, is their boundless confidence. Norlin often chastises herself for her mistakes, but she rarely sounds guilt-ridden or self-pitying. It has been said that the human race can only progress by imagining better versions of itself and in these songs—“2006”’s list of resolutions, “My Best Friend”’s affirmation of companionship—there is an understated decency, a precious humanity. Her songs acknowledge a fact of life rarely acknowledged in music: that kissing, laughing, and crying can happen in the same three minutes.
from a review in Stylus Magazine
