UN AMERICAN ACTIVITIES

Description

11th studio album by Swedish artist Molly Nilsson. Written and recorded entirely in California, in the former home of writer, poet, and early opponent of the National Socialist regime in 1930s Germany, Lion Feuchtwanger, and his wife Marta. An album of experimentation, genre blending, and above all, the immediately recognizable melodic talent and empathy of Nilsson, it continues the songwriter's explorations of power, freedom, oppression, and its opposing force, limitless love. After accepting an artist residency as part of the Villa Aurora program, Nilsson began creating a new album from scratch in a new environment, giving her the freedom, space, and time to question her practice and take her music into new territories. The resulting work, Un-American Activities, is a love note not only for the artist who was among the very first to be declared a "state enemy" by the Nazis.