New Album out in 2015! >>GROWING PAINS<<

Yesterday Maria played at the festival Olavsfestdagene, there's a review where the reviewer mentions that some of her new songs, such as "Bend 'till I Break", "Leaving You" and "I Don't Want to See Her With You" (it seems that last song's title isn't always the same one, so I'm looking forward to see the final version of the title on the track list), makes it obvious that there is a nerve in the new songs. Review in Norwegian here: adressa.no/kultur/musikk/article11373826.ece

I'm very curious about when that new single is going to be released.

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Here is a soundcheck video of Bend 'Till I Break she performed in Gjøvik a while ago!
It's not the best quality, but still, it's a new MM song!

I really like the melody of "Bend 'till I Break"! I hope Maria returns to the studio to make proper recordings soon. I really want to encourage everyone to spread the word when the first single comes, and I very much hope that her music will make it into more charts this time around!

Jitske you made my Sunday evening a lot better now.

crying like river... Every single new song is sooooo much soul touching. Maybe I'm dying when this new record comes out. :-/

Maria posted this picture: instagram.com/p/6CRHZKxeDy/?taken-by=mariamena_official, saying she's preparing for a photoshoot - and Carina asked if it's for the new album. She answered 'not yet'. When she has that photoshoot for a new album she usually takes pictures that are intended to be used as a cover for a new single as well. But could it be photos for an interview with a magazine or an newspaper? Any other possibilities?

Norwegian fashion magazines usually do their photoshoots more than a month before the actual release of the monthly issue of the magazine. But it could also be fashion related. If it was for a TV recording I guess she wouldn't say it was for a photoshoot.

It looks like the photoshoot is for a Norwegian brand called "by Ti Mo". Picture here: instagram.com/p/6FZid5ReAb/?taken-by=mariamena_official

That is also an opportunity.

Maria posted this little clip (instagram.com/p/6PovXVxeNy/?taken-by=mariamena_official) from the studio, recording what she calls 'an R'n'B vocal, with producer Martin Sjølie. It's good to know that she's back in the studio!

Maria is in the studio today as well: instagram.com/p/6R6bfORePz/?taken-by=mariamena_official

She also posted a clip of her recording vocals: instagram.com/p/6SSupyxeNE/?taken-by=mariamena_official

I knew that she posted that, good to have Instagram I think. That make hard working days sweeter.

Well, myself I don't have an Instagram account (not much into taking pictures, really) but Maria's profile is viewable for everyone. Plus I always like to keep track of her progress in the process of making new albums. Maria's producer Martin has an Instagram account (instagram.com/martinsjolie and his studio Albatross Recorders in Oslo has a Facebook page: facebook.com/pages/Albatross-Recorders/371622746242824 - but no recent news about Maria's music recording yet. Martin has posted quite a bit from the music making processes in the past, though - so maybe we get pictures/updates later on in the process this time around.

I know I'm following Martin on Instagram too. but maybe is it late autumn for the release when we can say this. Someone that work by Sony told me: September is not possible. :-/ bahhh can't wait for it.

There is a lot of promotion work that needs to be done when an artist releases an album in several countries. Maybe that's part of the reason why that person who works at Sony told you that it isn't possible to release the album in September? For example Marit Larsen's album "When the Morning Comes" was released in GSA in March 2015 but in Scandinavia in October 2014.

Just read this interview with a Norwegian newspaper (in Norwegian, attached) in which Maria says she has written most of her new songs that she intends to use for her new albums, but she still has to write three new songs. She hopes to be able to release a single before Christmas and then the album during the Christmas time (I think this means December) - but she will take the time that she needs to finish it.

And she posted what seems like a part of some lyrics, featuring the words "growing pains", about four weeks ago: instagram.com/p/4_MEVmxeMW/?taken-by=mariamena_official