White Mountain is addictive and wonderful, and if you’re into electroacoustic exploration and colorful ambient, or just searching after new and peculiar sonic worlds, bound to put you under a strong spell and become one of your favorite pearls in your collection.
White Mountain is Úlfur Hansson’s debut under his own name. A sublime cinematic web holding an alluring balance between shadow and light, gloom and hope. Úlfur played in various bands including Swords of Chaos and Jónsi’s touring band, and now presents a personal and stirring work of pastoral ethereal beauty and introspective frequencies. The movement is mystifying yet fluent; the textures are vibrant, made of organic and synthetic materials, and the hues are bright and rich. Every strum of guitar and every electronic drone and fragment, every chiming brush and every caressing touch of strings is filled with atmosphere and emotion.
White Mountain is addictive and wonderful, and if you’re into electroacoustic exploration and colorful ambient, or just searching after new and peculiar sonic worlds, bound to put you under a strong spell and become one of your favorite pearls in your collection. Talented guest musicians generate magic via flutes, vocals, different string instruments, vibraphone, percussion and more. With Subtlety and graceful maneuvers, Úlfur manages to create drama and tension, depth and spaciousness, without sounding loud and grandiose. You can feel passion in every moment of the album. It’s a powerful debut that will be included on the most interesting and wide-ranging best of the year lists. A unique work of fine craftsmanship.
White Mountain is available on Western Vinyl. [Release page]
