Gunnar Ingi Guðmundsson - Eyðibýli
There is not a moment in the album where Gunnar Ingi Guðmundsson loses you in Eyðibýli and he does this wordlessly. He swifts into his world with his charm and grace that engulfs you into a painting where he shepherds you through a range of emotions. Listening to this album has you up in the clouds- sometimes it is jolly and you feel the gentleness of the cotton candy clouds around you and sometimes it is a thunderstorm that engulfs you with every note. Every note has been thought of and held with care as he places pieces of a jigsaw puzzle to give us this beautiful sonic journey. Eyðibýli (Main Theme) by Gunnar Ingi Guðmundsson This particular track hits you right in your heart and settles in your stomach. You can hear every note bounce off the walls, the production on this and every other track, to be honest, is immaculate and crisp. You hear the years of mastering that Gunnar has spent time on in this track. Ástfangin hjón Ástfangin hjón feels like the first breath of relief that leaves your body after a stressful situation. The piano matched with the strings. The track feels like the trickling of a stream that calms your body. It is hope in musical form. There is a grandness to each track but the fact that has a soft quality to it adds so much sophistication to it Reimleikar From then on we better buckle up because things are going to get intense. We move through a variety of emotions. He cranks things up several notches from Síðasti ábúandinn where we experience a sense of sorrow. From here on there are varied levels of suspense that build into varied intense emotions. Every instrument plays a vital role in amping up the textures of drama in each track. Before you know it we hit track ten Reimleikar. There is an unsettling feeling that this last track leaves you with. It’s like the end of a film that leaves you with a cliffhanger instead of a resolution. The perfect film, or TV Series rather, that can house such grandeur of an album is Game of Thrones. This is apart from the last three seasons of the TV series. Every frame is shot with great intent much like every note on this album. That being said, Gunnar Ingi Guðmundsson has you sitting at the edge of your seat and salivating at the mouth for the next song. He leaves you with a hunger for more. Artists like this are a rare gem, who the cinematic value of every pause or the sound of a bow striking the violin. This sense of carefully crafted rawness is very rare to come by. So follow the links attached above and make way and recognize brilliance when you see it.
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