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Many of you have been waiting for sound, and we are sorry for the
silence. We needed to be alone, without the hustle and bustle of the
living. We are uncomfortable with the world, the industry and our
place. We have been working, sluggishly, well aware we could end up
with nothing. Nonetheless we believe we have succeeded in giving our
fears some kind of form. SHADOWS OF THE SUN, our 7th full-length
album, is finished and will be released October 1st. We feel it is our
most personal record to date. Low-key, dark, and tragic. As we are.
ULVER, Oslo, July 13 2007.
"Dark and tragic" might be fitting adjectives for Ulver's 14-year
career, but "low-key" is definitely a more recent development. For
even though it might be hard to believe it when you listen to the
soft-spoken new album, Ulver were once a seminal black metal band.
They even have the name (Ulver translates as "Wolves") and a trilogy
of folklore-inspired metal to prove it.
But even in a scene that sent shockwaves around the world, Ulver were
outsiders. While other black metallers were "slaves to the one with
horns", Ulver were inspired by Thomas Kingo, a 17th century composer
of psalms.
As the band matured, their influences became even more eclectic.
Techno auteurs Autechre rubbed shoulders with visionary mystic William
Blake. Ulver have released acoustic folk albums and instrumental
techno records, raw metal and industrial soundscapes, and they have
composed music for films.
I'd like to say that they are equally comfortable with whatever medium
they choose, but that would be a lie. Ulver never seem
comfortableùthey seem restless, longing for some far-off horizon or
hidden world only they can see. This makes every new release from
Ulver interesting because you not only have to ask "is it good?" (with
Ulver, that's a redundant question) but "what kind of music is it?"
So, what kind of music is this? The boys already told you it's "dark
and tragic", but while being weighed down with the world, they have
managed to produce their most accessible album to date. This might
sound like a paradox, but Ulver thrive on such paradoxes. Their fears
have been given a shapely form indeed, capable, perhaps, of bringing a
little comfort to some.
Soothing electronics and natural percussion provide the basis for
Garm's warm vocals, singing songs of loss and disillusion. While the
lyrics provide little hope, the music carries a note of quiet faith.
It sees Ulver abandon many of their grand concepts, to focus on music
and human emotion. Contributions by world-renowned thereminist Pamelia
Kurstin help make SHADOWS OF THE SUN a piece of rare beauty.
You want comparisons? SHADOWS OF THE SUN sees Ulver borrow some
pigments from David Sylvian's palette, using it to transport their own
visions onto the canvas. Incidentally, Austrian audio abstracter
Christian Fennesz, an associate of Sylvian, also help make this album
what it is.
Other comparions could be made. The band are avowed fans of Coil. Nick
Cave, maybe. But such comparisons only cheapen, because Ulver really
don't sound like anybody you already know. They are the perfect
strangers.
I'd call them "lone wolves", but I've promised the band to lay off the
wolf jokes.
- Didrik S°derlind
http://www.jester-records.com/ulver/
http://www.myspace.com/ulver1
Scans: Front/Back/CD
Tracks:
01. EOS
02. All The Love
03. Like Music
04. Vigil
05. Shadows Of The Sun
06. Let The Children Go
07. Solitude
08. Funebre
09. What Happened?
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