Eivør: Slør review – pleasant but faceless

(A&G)As fans of Faroese electronic folk will confirm, Slør was first released two years ago. Now, in a bid to reach a wider audience, the Copenhagen-based Faroe Islander has rerecorded her 10th LP in English with assistance from poet Randi Ward. This new version, though, strips Eivør of mystique, leaving her sounding like countless other singers whose vaguely trippy music is pleasant but faceless. The melodramatic title track is Enya goes trip-hop, while the opener, Surrender,