SÓLSTAFIR

Release Year: 2020
Artist Origin: ICE
Style: heavy emotional psychedelic post rock

seventh longplay by celebrated Icelandic phenomenon sounds quite familiar if you have been following the band's career at least for the past ten years: characteristically vintage vibe, non-conformist attitude, intricate genre limits transcending passages, as well as haunting and mostly depressing atmosphere sum up nine soul-touching tracks that would perfectly fit on the soundtrack of some psychological thriller, stepping outside the comfort zone on more than few occasions, with a nice nod to the black metal heyday coming in shape of Dionysos, which surprises with quite an intense, dramatic build-up, while Aðalbjörn's voice, capable of conveying both vulnerable melancholy and unrestrained fury, lends this emotional journey even greater authenticity and depth; first press French digipak edition comes with twenty page booklet