Garness // The Good or Better Side of Things // CD

GARNESS is a duo with the twin sisters Ingelin Reigstad Norheim and Hildegunn Garnes Reigstad (b. 1984). They wrote their first songs at the tender age of five in their home in a small village outside Bergen on the west coast of Norway, and now they are finally debuting as adult artists. 

The duo's musical signature is their sparkling vocal interplay that reflects their unique relationship. Ingelin’s power-packed guitar and Hildegunn's tasteful sprinkling of instruments, such as glockenspiel and other percussion instruments, keyboards and autoharp, have attracted a wide and enthusiastic audience. Their lyrics reflect the duo’s search for new ways to describe emotions, ideas and challenges that we can recognize as similar to our own.

Since the summer of 2003 these two performers have been working as full-time artists. Their artistic itinerary has taken them to such places as Nashville Tennessee to work with talented artists and producers, and they have performed widely at home and abroad. 

They have also been featured in a number of shows on Norwegian TV and have played concerts with the Oslo Gospel Choir. 

Garness has been striving for a wider audience by releasing an album. When Erik Hillestad, the artistic director of KKV, heard Garness’ clean demos, his enthusiasm for their honest and inspired sound led him to urge the duo to produce their entire album themselves and record it at home. A natural choice for the twins was to ask their regular piano player and musical soul mate, Torjus Vierli, to co-produce the album. After an intense spring where their living room was their creative workshop, they are releasing their debut album, featuring a very appealing acoustic, playful sound.

Track list:

1. Somehow                                    4:18

2. Typical you                                 3:57

3. Home                                          3:57

4. Need you                                    4:26

5. Fireflies                                       4:00

6. Diggin'                                        3:24

7. Sweet forgotten dreams           3:34

8. Comfort zone                            3:36

9. Will I ever                                   4:56

10. I don't expect you to               3:17

11. Back to you                              4:10

12. In a little while                         6:15