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What we say
 This record left our Maggie feeling happy.
Ilona V with 'Good Morning' on Bracken records and it's a soft female voice whispered over plucked guitar lines. Melancholy, introspective....plain sad. Simple line up with the odd glockenspiel breaking into the funeral atmosphere. Aye not a 7" to kick off a party with but certainly be a very gentle start to the morning. Sounds like the feeling of stretching out on a sunday, pre-coffee post-alcohol.... crreeeaaakkk Yawn glug. .. yes very pretty honest to goodness folk indeed.
What the label says:
"AMAZING...something very beautiful on Bracken Records" - Huw Stephens, BBC Radio 1.
"Exquisite...the amazing voice of Ilona V" - Finlay Mackenzie, Isles FM, Scotland.
"Obviously, writing gibberish about records in your dressing gown isn’t nearly as hardcore as defusing mines in Basra, but there’s still pain, acute and real, in knowing that something as sweet, knuckle-bumping and sharp as “Good Morning” is unlikely to get any audience, let alone the one it deserves and demands. This is a scalpel-waving gentle genius of a song. Just listen, a minute will do." - UNPEELED. www.unpeeled.co.uk
"Folk music has been having a steady revival for a few years now with acts such as Tunng, King Creosote and James Yorkston leading the UK charge to bring back the subtle beauty of a well crafted song. Now Glasgow based Bracken Records once again provide a marvellous musical moment by introducing the UK to New Yorker Ilona V (Ilona Virostek) and the single ‘Good Morning’.
Recalling the gorgeous sounds of Nick Drake, Ilona V possess a voice so superb it has an overwhelming feeling of harmony on your inner soul the moment your ears are formally introduced. She plays a gentle guitar on all three tracks on this release, all of which display a fragile tenderness that compels the emotions. Ilona is the very essence of a private artist according to reports, recording her material in isolation to a tape machine in her apartment. This ethereal quality is something you can almost taste in every chord of ‘Good Morning’, grabbing your attention from the first moment you hear her voice the track holds your ears for over four minutes before you feel compelled to reach up and press the repeat button. In a musical world saturated with nothing but preening and posing this level of heartfelt authentic honesty brings tears to the eyes. The release is backed by two gorgeous demos, ‘Universe Arms’ and ‘Who Can Tell’ which thankfully will simply make you want to go and search for more from this very special songstress.
Currently living in New York she sadly has no live dates scheduled at the moment. ‘Good Morning’ is now to be included on a film soundtrack which will hopefully bring Ilona V to as wide an audience as possible. Very few singers have the ability to play with such authentic beauty as this recording thus making it something to be cherished beyond words.
ALED JONES, Glasswerk Magazine
"It just don't get much more stripped down than this - listening to 'Good Morning' by Ilona V is like stepping into a secret garden where everything is serene and pure, a place devoid of clutter, a life-giving place to re-energise and rejuvenate, an oasis in a parched desert.
Ilona V's music reminds me of some of the more simplistic and pure works of Damien Rice; accompanied by nothing much other than succulent, punctuative acoustic guitar, a couple of bars of harmonica and cello and the occasional percussive interjection, Ilona lets her beautifully sensitive, gentle voice carry you to a better, more fulfilling place. 'Good Morning' and its two 'B' sides, 'Universe Arms' and ' Who Can Tell?' are like a breath of fresh air in an oppressive smog, a drink from a crystal clear stream when you're surrounded by stagnation and pollution.
Ilona V has turned urban, poetic music back on its head - she's returned to basics, to a time when lyrics mattered, to a time of evocative words, sympathetic accompaniment and sparse, empathetic arrangements.
Ilona's music may sound a little morose at times but somehow, and I think it's through her musical honesty and sense of downhome-ness, she still manages to be uplifting and refreshing. For me, when I listen to Ilona V, I hear the poetry of Joni Mitchell, the sensitivity of Carole King and a vocal delivery that hints at the more subtle side of Nico. Her chosen road to musical acceptance and recognition is not an easy one to navigate - Ilona V and her promotion team have work to do to gain her the exposure she'll need but, if she maintains this extremely high standard and can get out to the masses I can only see success on the horizon for Ilona V."
(Rhythm & Booze rating 9)
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