Sigur Rós' Jónsi has announced a new album, First lightwhich will be released on August 30th via Myndstream in collaboration with Lakeshore Records. Today, alongside the announcement, Jónsi has shared the album’s first two singles, “Flicker” and “Cherry Blossom.”
Written by Jónsi and focused on themes of peace, hope and connection, First light It actually started out as a soundtrack for a video game, but eventually expanded into a full album. “Writing this music at a time of global, man-made unrest and upheaval for a video game,” Jónsi said, “I imagined First light as a fantastic, momentary, exaggerated and utopian world where everyone and everything lives together in eternal peace and harmony.”
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Continuing, she emphasized the ideas of “choosing beauty over clutter, hope over fear, our universal divine guardian angels watching over us and connecting us all as one through love, melody and music.”
The singles, “Flicker” and “Cherry Blossom,” certainly present a resonant and reflective sound. The former is built around pulsating synth lines, which build over and over again until settling into a meditative groove. The latter features a warm piano line, colored by ethereal atmospheric touches. Listen to the singles below.
Meanwhile, Sigur Rós released their first new album in a decade, TieLast year, they will embark on a full orchestra tour of the United States in September. Buy your tickets here.
First light Artwork:
First light Songs list:
01. Blink
02. First light
03. Green meadow
04. Cleaning
05. Cherry blossom
06. At first glance
07. Illusory thoughts
08. Forest trill
09. Undercurrent
10. Willow
11. Stillness
12. Little flower
13. Beyond the fence
14. Fluttering
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