MP3: Tobias Hellkvist - Vintervarm
In case you've been wondering why I haven't posted anything from the new Tobias Hellkvist album, I really have no good excuse. First and foremost, I wanted to spend some time with the record so I could pick the best track to adequately show it off, but that didn't work so well because the whole thing flows so well together. Then I was going to wait for Tobias to put together a single for a netrelease, but that project is turning into something far more exciting (wait and see!), so I gotta say screw it - here's a song called "Vintervarm" off the brand new Tobias Hellkvist album "Sides". Like all of his work, it's rooted in melodious drone and it's absolutely gorgeous. It's a fairly suggestive title too, as I can easily imagine it being the perfect soundtrack to a crisp, bright winter day, but I also think it works fairly well right now in these dog days of summer. I also appreciate that Tobias' growing composition skills - he's really branched out on this release and is trying new things, showing off different sides of himself ('natch, again as the title suggests) and working with varying arrays of instrumentation. The slow build here is marvelous because, I barely remember how it started by the time it's finished, I'm just enraptured in the moment. It goes without saying, but I'll say it anyhow: very highly recommended!
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Tobias Hellkvist - Vintervarm