Eivør announces new album ‘ENN’
EIVØR has announced a new album!
Titled ENN, the upcoming album from the Faroese folk artist is the follow-up for last year’s The Last Kingdom: Destiny Is All, and is scheduled to be released in June this year, via Season Of Mist.
All eight songs are sung in Faroese and most of the lyrics were written with the island’s esteemed poet Marjun Syderbø Kjelnæs. But even though it translates in English as ‘Still’, ENN intends to stand out amid her two decades-long discography as a bold new venture. The album leans heavier into dark electronics and cosmic orchestration, all while reconnecting our hearts’ desires with the primal beauty of the earth.
“ENN is the most nuanced and experimental album that I’ve created to date,” she says. “The songs range from symphonic space opera vibes to more beat-driven and dark electronic moods. I wanted to explore the links between humanity and nature; the primal urges of the heart, the undying desires of the human flesh and the endless struggle we choose to endure in order to achieve our goals. All of this goes on while our planet hurtles through space, setting the stage for our battlegrounds, but also our sanctuaries. Because even though there is an unyielding tide of destruction at the core of this journey, there are also oases of hope and comfort lingering within its blue embrace. The earth speaks out, and the heart listens.”
Alongside the announcement of the new album, EIVØR has released a new music video for a new song lifted from the upcoming album; Jarðartrá. “When I wrote this song, I envisioned the earth in its rawest elements: oceans, volcanoes, storms, soil,” she recalls about the new song. “We all have echoes of these elements within us, but maybe we tend to forget that we are part of nature and its endless circle of decay and growth. I recorded the vocals for Jarðartrá in an old abandoned Tjørnuvík school during the middle of the night. I tried to re-do them later, but I couldn’t capture the same feeling.”
Watch the official music video for Jarðartrá here:
Also, you can view both the track list and artwork for the upcoming new album below:
Track List:
1. Ein Klóta
2. Jarðartrá
3. Hugsi Bert Um Teg
4. Purpurhjarta
5. ENN
6. Lívsandin
7. Upp Úr Øskuni
8. Gaia
ENN is set for release on June 14th via Season Of Mist. Pre-orders are available now and can be purchased. EIVØR will be touring across mainland Europe and the UK later this year to support her new album, check out the tour dates here!
For more information on EIVØR like her official page on Facebook.
