Tor Lundvall - A Strangeness In Motion (Expanded) (2023)
BAND/ARTIST: Tor Lundvall
- Title: A Strangeness In Motion (Expanded)
- Year Of Release: 2023
- Label: Eternal Autumn Editions
- Genre: ambient, dark pop, electronic, experimental
- Quality: MP3 320 kbps; 16-bit/44.1kHz FLAC
- Total Time: 74 min
- Total Size: 212; 431 MB
- WebSite: Album Preview
Rescued from old DAT tapes, A Strangeness In Motion: Early Pop Recordings 1989-1999 are some of Tor Lundvall’s earliest completed synth pop works which have remained unreleased until now.
“For years I dismissed these songs as naive and youthful relics, but I’ve grown much fonder of them in recent years along with the memories they evoke” Lundvall says of the decade spanning collection of tracks, many of which were sketched out in his synth pop duo with Drew Sullivan, After The Outing. “Original One”, “Procession Day”, “The Clearing”, and “The Melting Hour” are present here as solo reworkings, originally culled from his sessions with Sullivan. The remaining songs were ideas originally considered for Passing Through Alone (1997) and its proposed follow up, provisionally and playfully titled Femalamania.
“The title was summing up my girl problems at the time and also a silly word spin on Robyn Hitchcock's Fegmania!” Lundvall recollects. “Sadly, the project was abandoned—a rare decision for me and perhaps the only time I've scrapped an album entirely.”
Though Lundvall’s work throughout the collection has the recognizable ambient bones and sensibilities he has refined throughout his career, many of the tracks call back to the synth-driven pop of Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark, The Human League and New Order, with the common thread being the sparse density and mood created by reservation and the lonely impulse to twist convention, not to rip it up and repurpose it. Rather than 10 disparate ideas, Lundvall’s curation of A Strangeness In Motion: Early Pop Recordings 1989-1999 feels like excerpts from a broader work, allowing the listener to fill in the holes and ladder up to his larger themes and concepts, perhaps coloring his prior works in new hues and tones.
Tracklist:
1.01 - Tor Lundvall - Original One (5:10)
1.02 - Tor Lundvall - Procession Day (4:21)
1.03 - Tor Lundvall - The Clearing (4:09)
1.04 - Tor Lundvall - The Melting Hour (3:57)
1.05 - Tor Lundvall - Flight (3:24)
1.06 - Tor Lundvall - Watched (3:18)
1.07 - Tor Lundvall - Hidden (3:34)
1.08 - Tor Lundvall - The Night Watch (4:46)
1.09 - Tor Lundvall - Lessons That Kill (4:50)
1.10 - Tor Lundvall - August Rain (3:52)
2.01 - Tor Lundvall - Violet Bird (3:38)
2.02 - Tor Lundvall - South Pacific (3:58)
2.03 - Tor Lundvall - He's Falling (2:32)
2.04 - Tor Lundvall - Power Failure (3:43)
2.05 - Tor Lundvall - Dangerous Snakes (4:44)
2.06 - Tor Lundvall - Days (4:52)
2.07 - Tor Lundvall - Forget It! (5:53)
2.08 - Tor Lundvall - Where Is She? (2:48)
“For years I dismissed these songs as naive and youthful relics, but I’ve grown much fonder of them in recent years along with the memories they evoke” Lundvall says of the decade spanning collection of tracks, many of which were sketched out in his synth pop duo with Drew Sullivan, After The Outing. “Original One”, “Procession Day”, “The Clearing”, and “The Melting Hour” are present here as solo reworkings, originally culled from his sessions with Sullivan. The remaining songs were ideas originally considered for Passing Through Alone (1997) and its proposed follow up, provisionally and playfully titled Femalamania.
“The title was summing up my girl problems at the time and also a silly word spin on Robyn Hitchcock's Fegmania!” Lundvall recollects. “Sadly, the project was abandoned—a rare decision for me and perhaps the only time I've scrapped an album entirely.”
Though Lundvall’s work throughout the collection has the recognizable ambient bones and sensibilities he has refined throughout his career, many of the tracks call back to the synth-driven pop of Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark, The Human League and New Order, with the common thread being the sparse density and mood created by reservation and the lonely impulse to twist convention, not to rip it up and repurpose it. Rather than 10 disparate ideas, Lundvall’s curation of A Strangeness In Motion: Early Pop Recordings 1989-1999 feels like excerpts from a broader work, allowing the listener to fill in the holes and ladder up to his larger themes and concepts, perhaps coloring his prior works in new hues and tones.
Tracklist:
1.01 - Tor Lundvall - Original One (5:10)
1.02 - Tor Lundvall - Procession Day (4:21)
1.03 - Tor Lundvall - The Clearing (4:09)
1.04 - Tor Lundvall - The Melting Hour (3:57)
1.05 - Tor Lundvall - Flight (3:24)
1.06 - Tor Lundvall - Watched (3:18)
1.07 - Tor Lundvall - Hidden (3:34)
1.08 - Tor Lundvall - The Night Watch (4:46)
1.09 - Tor Lundvall - Lessons That Kill (4:50)
1.10 - Tor Lundvall - August Rain (3:52)
2.01 - Tor Lundvall - Violet Bird (3:38)
2.02 - Tor Lundvall - South Pacific (3:58)
2.03 - Tor Lundvall - He's Falling (2:32)
2.04 - Tor Lundvall - Power Failure (3:43)
2.05 - Tor Lundvall - Dangerous Snakes (4:44)
2.06 - Tor Lundvall - Days (4:52)
2.07 - Tor Lundvall - Forget It! (5:53)
2.08 - Tor Lundvall - Where Is She? (2:48)
Year 2023 | Pop | Electronic | FLAC / APE | Mp3
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