Ólafur Arnalds – “Tunglið” (Stereogum Premiere)

Twenty-three-year-old Icelandic composer Ólafur Arnalds is not for the emotionally / romantically fragile, or maybe he is, depending on whether you like to indulge your sorrows or forget them. As on 2009’s Found Songs, Arnalds’s …and they have escaped the weight of darkness is minimal and melancholy, mostly piano and strings. “Tunglið” builds to a [...]

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