Myrkur announces new album ‘Folkesange’
MYRKUR has announced a new album!
Titled Folkesange, the upcoming album from acclaimed Danish musician Amalie Bruun is the hotly anticipated follow up to 2017’s Mareridt and is scheduled to be released in March, via Relapse Records.
On Folkesange, Bruun relinquishes the black metal sound of her earlier work for a refined yet far-reaching evocation of traditional folk, combining songs ancient and new to sublimely resonant effect.
Storytelling, rites of passage, and the invocation of a continuity that passes through time and generation are all part of folk music’s tapestry, and Folkesange taps into all these currents in their most essential form. In part a purist’s approach to the genre, free from over-interpretation and fusion, the use of Kulning (an ancient Scandinavian herding call) and traditional instruments throughout, such as nyckelharpa, lyre and mandola offer a deeper, more tactile connection to their source, an unbroken line of communication back to the past. For the new album, Bruun was aided by the spacious production of HEILUNG member and musical collaborator Christopher Juul.
Alongside the announcement of the new album, MYRKUR has unveiled the lead single and album opener from the upcoming record; titled Ella. Speaking about the song, she explains it is “the result of years of studying, playing and listening to traditional Nordic folk music. This is my version of a new folk-song, with roots planted in history and in the past. It is my ode to mankind and our connection with nature – a rite of passage as a woman and a rebirth-ritual in the sea. Three years ago I decided to share a video where I performed an old Scandinavian folk-song on the nyckelharpa. After this I realized that I had a strong need to create an album within this universe and that other people also wished to hear this. So I started working on picking out what old songs to reinterpret as well as write my own version of this. Ella is this.”
Watch the official music video for Ella here:
Track List:
1. Ella
2. Fager som en Ros
3. Leaves of Yggdrasil
4. Ramund
5. Tor i Helheim
6. Svea
7. Harpens Kraft
8. Gammelkäring
9. House Carpenter
10. Reiar
11. Gudernes Vilje
12. Vinter
Folkesange is set for release on March 20th via Relapse Records.
For more information on MYRKUR like her official page on Facebook.
