WORLD PREMIERE: ÁRSTÍÐIR “WHILE THIS WAY” FROM “NIVALIS”
ÁRSTÍÐIR redefine their sound and take an evolutionary quantum leap that will catapult the eclectic Icelandic band from a highly praised phenomenon at the fringe straight to the centre of international attention. ÁRSTÍÐIR were never an ugly duckling, but now their musical swan has emerged in its full glorious beauty on ‘Nivalis’.
エクレクティックな音のダンス。アイスランドの美しき白鳥 ÁRSTÍÐIR が飛躍的進化を果たす新作 “NIVALIS” を6/22にりりーすします！インディー、プログ、フォーク、チェンバー、クラシカル、ポストロック。ÁRSTÍÐIR を定義する要素は多々ありますが、彼らはそのどの場所にも止まってはいません。アイスランド語で四季を意味するバンド名。アコースティックの美しき響きはミニマルなエレクトロニカのカウンターパーツとして、儚い壊れ物の感情とメランコリーを喚起します。
Those inevitable comparisons with fellow countrymen SIGUR RÓS will most likely not go away with ‘Nivalis’, although ÁRSTÍÐIR have clearly developed a style very much their own. Yet other parallels drawn about past references such as SIMON & GARFUNKEL or PENTANGLE are bound to make way to fresher and more recent names pointing way past the also previously mentioned RADIOHEAD.
もちろん、同郷の SIGUR RÓS との比較は避けがたい事象でしたが、それさえも振り払うほどの革新が “Nivalis” には存在します。同様に過去多く比較を繰り返された SIMON & GARFUNKEL, PENTANGLE, そして RADIOHEAD の幻影からも歩みを進めているのです。
“We are so pleased to finally be able to present to you the first single from our upcoming album ‘Nivalis’, entitled ‘While this Way’. This song was in the works for over a year before it came to be what you’re hearing now. If you managed to catch us on the Sólstafir tour at the end of 2017, it might sound familiar. We kind of ‘tested’ this song out on you, the audience, every night and fine-tuned it to exactly the point where we wanted it to be. We hope that you love it as much as we do!”
遂に新作 “Nivalis”からファーストトラック “While This Way” を公開することが出来て嬉しいよ。この楽曲には今の形になるまでに一年以上の月日を注いだんだ。SOLSTAFIR との昨年のツアーで、毎晩この楽曲をテストしていたくらいでね。おかげで目指す形へと辿り着いたよ。僕らと同じくらい気に入ってくれたらいいな！
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