After establishing a contemplative, overcast chamber electro-pop across a span of two albums, Icelandic musician Sóley Stefánsdóttir veers slightly off her established course to take a more scenic route for her third solo LP. Titled Endless Summer, it took inspiration from a note she scribbled down after waking in the middle of the night: 'Write about hope and spring.' Still restrained and artful in its detailing, the album takes on a more whimsical tone and piano-centric palette than her prior effort, 2015's Ask the Deep, while still sounding uniquely Sóley. It opens with a passage of solo piano from the instrument's upper range on 'Úa,' which shares her daughter's name. The intimate piece, full of sweetness and dissonance, incorporates twinkling mallet percussion, horns, strings, and howling vocals in turn, with the overall effect of an off-kilter nursery rhyme. Likewise, several passing moments on Endless Summer, some of which unfold during the waltz 'Traveler,' are remindful of Saint-Saëns' The Carnival of the Animals, particularly 'Aquarium,' both in terms of palette and technique (something we've heard before from Sóley on a track like 'Fight from Soft' from her debut). She infuses the album with a similarly fantastical charm and discreet volume. Both a songwriter and colorist, she seems to embrace pastels instead of blues and silvers here, without ever reaching for a rainbow. It's a brief outing at just over 30 minutes with seven songs and a short instrumental interlude ('Inbetween'). Still, it has time to transport and make an impression, emotionally and sonically, traits that all of Sóley's work to date has in common.
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The Midnight Endless Summer Full Album Music
In 2016, the duo released a 12 track LP Endless Summer, followed in 2017 with the release of Nocturnal, which spent several weeks as a best seller on the music distribution website Bandcamp and reaching #17 on Billboard's dance/electronic charts October 2017. The Midnight's first full length album 'Endless Summer' is now available on vinyl. Due to the length of a single vinyl LP, we were only able to fit a limited amount of songs on each side. So we chose to do a vocal edition for the vinyl version of 'Endless Summer'. The songs 'The Comeback Kid' & 'Vampires' have been slightly abbreviated to fit onto the vinyl. Depending on the popularity of this. Endless Summer, an album by The Midnight on Spotify. Our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes. By using our website and our services, you agree to our use of cookies as descri.