Ethereal is the work of Swedish born Thai transgender solo artist Waritsara ‘Yui’ Karlberg. The stage name itself exudes the kind of music she does which has been deemed as ‘unique guitar playing’ combined with a ‘haunting ambient head voice’ strongly influenced by the likes of Anthony & The Johnsons/Anohni, London Grammar and Portishead. Even though she had already been in rock bands in the past (skate punk cover band Disowned, garage rock band The 16 Bit Consoles and alternative rock band Silicon Sun) and had been writing songs since the age of 15, Ethereal began as Yui Karlberg in 2012 after hearing Bon Iver’s debut album ‘For Emma, Forever Ago’ and after thinking it was time to come up with a new sound as well as something to soothe our busy lives, she adopted the head voice vocals and started picking chords on her guitar in the tuning of DADGAD.
great song and performance. The melody is strong and tuneful. The singer has an attractive vocal tone, and puts real feeling into the lyrics. The lyrics are interesting and meaningful with some punchy phrases.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFQkDiSRfhc
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