I Could Be Blossoming Instead

by Gurli Octavia

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1.	Chain 04:01	buy track
2.	Party 02:52	buy track
3.	I Wasn't Ready 05:02	buy track
4.	Slow Life 04:09	buy track
5.	Night - Interlude 02:16	buy track
6.	Keep Your Ambitions In Stock 03:21	buy track
7.	Tomorrow I'm A Man 04:32	buy track
8.	Have & Hold 04:03	buy track
9.	Most of All (Live @ Atlas, Aarhus, 2019) 05:06	buy track
10.	Vulnerable - Interlude 01:19	buy track
11.	Spinning 02:49	buy track
12.	Drinks 03:12	buy track
13.	Lilac Rose 05:04	buy track
14.	We Leave The Night Young 03:10	buy track
15.	X-Ray 04:50	buy track

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‘I Could Be Blossoming Instead’, the debut album by Danish artist Gurli Octavia, is a deeply personal record filled with grief and emotion, but also liberation and hope for the future. Most importantly, it shows Gurli Octavia as an independent artist who dares to take the lead and show the world how she feels.

Three EPs, numerous tours in the Nordics and festival slots at the likes of Roskilde and SPOT have shaped Gurli’s heartfelt, acoustic and organic sound but in 2020 she broke new ground with 3 singles from the forthcoming album and, in a word, with ‘liberation’: Liberation both in the choice of songs on the album and in the production of the songs, but most of all a liberation from other people's attitudes towards Gurli Octavia as a person and as an artist.

With respected co-producer Jeppe Pilgaard’s pop leanings providing an additional perspective from that side of the glass, ‘I Could Be Blossoming Instead’ is the start of a new, more independent chapter for Gurli Octavia - both musically and emotionally. But make no mistake: the fervour of Gurli Octavia's songwriting is still intact - it's just got an extra, liberating layer.

Released on Gurli's own new eighteighteightyeight label (in conjunction with respected indie Integrity Records for UK, Ireland & USA), the album is available across all digital platforms and on double black vinyl (with bonus tracks).

"Octavia is more than blossoming. She’s in full bloom … 8/10" The Line of Best Fit
"an artist who boldly lets fragility stand out" GAFFA
"quite possibly the finest debut I've ever heard … simply breathtaking ... 10/10" NMR
"emotionally stirring, heart-wrenchingly honest, and utterly captivating" Listen To Discover
"as debut albums go, it's an incredible piece of artistry" Nordic Style Magazine

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released January 29, 2021

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Gurli Octavia Copenhagen, Denmark

Since her emergence in 2017, three EPs, several Nordics tours and major festival slots at the likes of Roskilde & SPOT have shaped Danish artist Gurli Octavia’s heartfelt, acoustic and organic sound.

She recently established her own eighteighteightyeight label (& inked a collaborative deal with respected UK indie Integrity Records) for the release of debut album ‘I Could Be Blossoming Instead’. ... more

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