Anja Garbarek, "The Last Trick" (2005)

Here is the handy Brittle-Lemon guide to frosty, spooky Scandinavian songstresses.

	Björk	Stina Nordenstam	Anja Garbarek
Place of origin	Reykjavík, Iceland	Stockholm, Sweden	Oslo, Norway
Year of birth	1965	1969	1970
Channeling Kim Novak?	No.	No.	And how.
Famous parent?	No. Because she sprang fully formed from a swan's egg.	No. What is family but a breeding ground for tragedy?	Yes. her father is jazz saxophonist Jan Garbarek.
Degree of fame, scale of 1-10	10	6	2
Degree of weirdness	11	9	1
Nails-on-chalkboard quality of voice	8	6	4
Suggested prozac dosage	100 mg/day	80 mg/day	10 mg/day
Go on, then. Recommend me a song.	"Joga" marks her high point, of course.	Pick anything from the last album The World Is Saved.	"The Last Trick," from the current album Briefly Shaking, featuring a toy piano, a galloping horse to keep time, handclaps, and a lyric about packing it all in.