Some albums try to explain themselves. “Wearing My Heart On My Sleeve” doesn’t. It just opens the door and lets the songs speak, sometimes quietly, sometimes with a bit of weight behind them.
Katrine Schmidt wrote this record across a heavy stretch of life, losing her father, becoming a mother, and you can hear that contrast sitting under almost every track. Not in a dramatic way. More in the pauses. The restraint.
The instrumentals are beautiful. Very simple. Piano, soft band touches, nothing crowded. It gives her voice space to sit right in the center. The vocals are pure. Delivery, captivating. She doesn’t oversing, which helps the emotional parts land without feeling pushed.
There’s a warm atmosphere running through the whole album. Even when the themes get heavy, the music stays grounded and human. The lyrics are beautifully written, but never trying too hard to sound poetic. They just… land.
Ten songs, and honestly, not much filler here. The record moves at its own pace and seems comfortable doing so.
We ended up really loving this album. It’s calm, honest, and quietly confident in a way that sticks longer than expected. Schmidt sounds like she knows exactly where she’s standing now and that makes this one easy to come back to.
ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Katrine Schmidt (born 1991) grew up in Skive in a family where music played a central role andbegan playing the piano as a child. She attended MGK, Denmark’s pre conservatoire musicprogramme for young talents, in Skive, went on to study at the conservatoire in Aalborg, andcontinues to live in Aalborg.In 2023, she received the Danish Music Awards ‘Ud Af Det Blå’ award for her debut album‘Laying My Burdens Down’. Shortly afterwards, she appeared on Go’Morgen Denmark’s national morning television show, performing the song ‘Fight On’, which addressesher father’s cancer journey and serves as a declaration of love to him.
