A absolutle killer of a closing track. Personally I think you would be straining to find a better closing track to any album.
To me a song about being afraid to aspire to your greatest potential. The higher you aim the greater the risk of failure, understanding that consequence (s)he restricts themselves to the point of being unaware, shallow and ignorent.
I’m not going to list a single track on this post because my opinion is that this album should be listened to in its entirety. It’s only 35min long and wont take much out of your day but will give so much back in return.
This is the second album from Ulver, the masters of change and evolution. Over there sprawling career they have strove to reinvent themselves with every album. From Black Metal they have ventured into electronic, experimental, folk, atmospheric, ambient, and jazz.
Kveldssanger is a folk album but in essence it still retains some of the black metal atmosphere from their previous album Bergtatt. It is a beautiful, uplifting, peaceful piece of work. Taking the roots of Norwegian Folk to another level with flowing streams of acoustic melodies and guitars laid bare. Coming together with some wonderful vocal harmonies and moments of flutes and wind, all these elements amble together to form a magnificent river of harmony.
Tranquil in its beginnings, Kveldssanger is an album that will make you want to get away from it all, to absorb your surroundings and reflect and at the very least it will make you smile.
Album:Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness – Disc Two (1995)
…straight from 1995…
Last night was bored with the dribble that was presented to me on the television, i turned to my headphones, a good book, beer and itunes on shuffle.
This track was the first off the list and straight away I started reminising back to 1995, when ‘Bullet With Butterfly Wings’ was ruling the airwaves, I was naive to the ways of the world and spent much of my time thinking that I was bulletproof.
I realised last night that this is such a sweet, moving song and as I sat there and listened to the lyrics I came to the conclusion that its about people just wanting to feel comfortable to be themselves, under the cover of darkness. To explore, as Billy puts it “the secret places of the heart” and just finding you own way through life.
