Denmark’s Efterklang has given me so many wonderful musical experiences, – sometimes so strong that I connect some of their songs to times, places and I may even remember the weather on that specific day I listened and had the special experience. I’ve recently enjoyed watching and listening to their ambitious live-release “Performing Parades” (cd/dvd), where they performed their album Parades in full, accompanied by The Danish National Chamber Orchestra, in their hometown of Copenhagen. Now the band have released some interesting details about their upcoming third studio-album, Magic Chairs, which is set for release on February 22 on their own Rumraket-label in Scandinavia and on 4ad in the rest of the world.

As usual, the cover art is made by the Danish design and art-studio Hvass&Hannibal. Beautiful!

The band have also sent us a sneak-peak of the opening track on the album, “modern drift”. It’s a wonderful song, driven by repetitive pianos and beautiful strings, – and a lot more “pop” than I had expected, especially in the vocals. The band is quoted on the 4ad-site and they say this about the album:

“We are very proud of this record and feel that it introduces a new Efterklang sound. The songs draw inspiration from pop song structures, created and recorded with a live approach and we wanted to display every sound source clearly so that the listener can hear every ingredient of the music.”

I am so looking forward to February 22…

Have a listen:
Efterklang – Modern Drift

Here is the tracklisting:
1. Modern Drift
2. Alike
3. I Was Playing Drums
4. Raincoats
5. Harmonics
6. Full Moon
7. The Soft Beating
8. Scandinavian Love
9. Mirror Mirror
10. Natural Tune