In the Silence

 
In the Silence cover
$32.00 Out of Stock
6+ weeks
add to cart more by this artist

Ásgeir
In the Silence

[ Inertia / CD ]

Release Date: Friday 11 April 2014

This item is currently out of stock. It may take 6 or more weeks to obtain from when you place your order as this is a specialist product.

'In The Silence' is the English language version of Ásgeir's breakthrough debut album 'Dyrd í dauðathogn', translated from Icelandic by John Grant.

Born and raised in the hamlet of Laugarbakki (population, 40) in the wilds of Iceland, Ásgeir comes from a large family of musicians.

Last year, at just 20 years of age he became an overnight sensation in his domestic music scene with the September release of Dyrd í dauðathogn breaking all records to become Iceland's fastest and biggest selling debut album by a home grown artist, outselling Björk and and Sigur Rós.

Staggeringly, one in ten of the Icelandic population now owns the album.

Produced by Gudmundur Kristinn Jonsson, in Iceland the unusual poetry of Dyrd í dauðathogn attracted almost as much attention as the music itself, in part because it was mostly written by Ásgeir's 72 year old father. Combining both electronic and organic elements, the songs themselves are all Ásgeir: light and airy, inset with his distinctively melancholic voice, their vibrancy elevates his appeal way beyond the folk-tronica tag.

Tracks:

1. Higher
2. In The Silence
3. Summer Guest
4. King and Cross
5. Was there Nothing?
6. Torrent
7. Going Home
8. Head In The Snow
9. In Harmony
10. On that Day

Bonus Tracks:
11. Lupin Intrigue
12. Soothe This Pain
13. Going Home (Acoustic Toe Rag Session)
14. On That Day (Acoustic Toe Rag Session)
15. Summer guest (Acoustic Toe Rag Session)

Listen to Higher via Youtube