Live Foto Review: Tori Amos @ Carré, Amsterdam
13 september 2017
Foto’s Willem Schalekamp
In 2014 trad Tori Amos voor het laatst op in ons land. Het nieuw te verschijnen album Native Invader is Tori’s vijftiende studioalbum en volgt Unrepentant Geraldines uit 2014 op. Dit album leverde Amos haar achtste Billboard Top 10 notering op.
Over het nieuwe album zegt Tori zelf: “The songs on Native Invader are being pushed by the muses to find different ways of facing unforeseen challenges and in some cases dangerous conflicts. The record looks to nature and how, through resilience, she heals herself. The songs also wrestle with the question: what is our part in the destruction of our land, as well as ourselves, and in our relationships with each other?”
Tori vervolgt: “In life there can be the shock of unexpected fires, floods, earthquakes, or any cataclysmic ravager – both on the inside and outside of our minds. Sonically and visually, I wanted to look at how Nature creates with her opposing forces, becoming the ultimate regenerator through her cycles of death and re-birth. Time and time again she is able to renew, can we find this renewal for ourselves?”
Met haar conventionele manier van schrijven, daagt Tori zichzelf continu uit om haar muzikale grenzen te verleggen. Ook de onderwerpen die ze in haar songs belicht, vallen in goede aarde bij haar fans over de hele wereld. Op Native Invader gaat ze nog dieper in op haar persoonlijke ervaringen.
