Svalbarð, by Glåsbird

Svalbarð

by Glåsbird

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Lost Tribe Sound A sublime and perfectly timed icy excursion, to help cool everybody's fiery hot jets. Favorite track: Austfonna.

Palo Hux This album takes me away from wherever I am at the moment. "Svalbarđ" sounds the way stargazing feels like. Favorite track: Mellomspill.

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Limited deluxe edition gatefold vinyl-effect CD
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This special limited edition release is in a run of 100 copies, modelled around the classic gatefold vinyl LP. It includes printed front, rear and inner sleeves featuring photography from Svalbard by Aldona Pivoriene, along with a card sleeve which houses a printed vinyl-effect CDr.

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1.	Kaldsår 03:18	buy track
2.	Isbjørnøya 04:49	buy track
3.	Arktiskul 04:09	buy track
4.	Mellomspill 01:46	buy track
5.	Frøhvelv 03:13	buy track
6.	Austfonna 04:52	buy track
7.	Nordskjærgård 03:48	buy track
8.	Breenskygger 03:47	buy track
9.	Langtår 03:52	buy track
10.	Snødrømmer 03:57	buy track

about

In February 2019 we released the debut album by an anonymous artist named Glåsbird, in the form of Grønland, a sonic expedition of Greenland. The album received much critical acclaim despite being from an anonymous artist and was even featured on Bandcamp Daily under their ‘best Ambient’ feature. CD copies of this record have long since sold out, but the Glåsbird continues its flight to a new destination: Svalbard.

Svalbard lies 78 degrees north, is inside the Arctic Circle and had a population of around 2600 people and an estimated 3000 polar bears! Its calendar year divides between the midnight sun and the polar nights. The former is a period of constant daylight and the latter is the opposite. However, the dark season is broken from time to time by spectacular Northern Lights.

In Svalbarð, Glåsbird became immersed once more in this next excursion, through means of Google Earth, 360° photos, blogger accounts of the isles, maps and also, videos by Efterklang who were an obvious reference point with the band having visited.
This time, we are treated to a greater number of tracks, as ten movements weave Modern Classical influenced Ambient soundscapes. The pristine, polished reverb of Grønland is replaced with a slightly muddier, more lo-fi approach to the sound as the artist strived to present a tape-eroded aesthetic to their work. The recordings deal with dramatic landscapes, glaciers, an abandoned coal community, a seed vault, the Island’s capital city Longyearbyen and of course, polar bears. Each piece feels icy cold, yet the warmth and hiss provided by the decaying tape effects provide a comfort blanket for the listener as perhaps you take in these scenes from a lonely cabin, at one with isolation and natural beauty.

The packaging for the album includes photography from Svalbard itself, courtesy of Aldona Pivoriene who is a professional photographer based in Norway. We are also set to release the next Glåsbird album next year. Where will the destination be? For now, we hope you enjoy immersing yourself in this new set of works exploring Svalbard.

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released August 10, 2019

Written and produced by Glåsbird
Mastered by James Edward Armstrong
Photography by Aldona Pivoriene (www.aldonapivoriene.com)
Packaging design by Harry Towell

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