EINAR SOLBERG – frontman of Norwegian rock mavericks Leprous –
released his debut solo album ‘16’ last summer. But back at the beginning of
2022, he took on an entirely different solo endeavour. For a special live
streamed performance, he reinterpreted the Leprous album ‘The Congregation’ in
full, just piano and voice. Now that performance sees an official audio release
as ‘The Congregation Acoustic’, out now.
To
celebrate, a video for the track ‘Red’ has been launched, and you can watch it
now here:
‘The
Congregation Acoustic’ is available as a Ltd CD Digipak, Limited Gatefold 180g
Black 2LP & as Digital Album. The cover artwork was shot by Elena Sihida.
Order now here: https://einarsolberg-artist.lnk.to/TheCongregationAcoustic-Live Watch
the previously released videos here: The
Flood: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WME8a5HK2Xk Within
My Fence: https://youtu.be/Zid14tuErdE Einar
comments of the release: “I'm both super excited but also kind of
terrified for me to release this live version of "The Congregation".
It's raw and unedited and exactly how I did it on my livestream. Usually all
musicians these days (myself included) are used to fixIng stuff in
post-production, but on this one we've done nothing! I think it's cool
sometimes to dare to show a more fragile and less "perfect" side of
yourself. "The Congregation" is probably the least suitable album
we've ever done to make an acoustic version of, but I think it turned out
surprisingly OK!" Einar
Solberg is as renowned for the tender honesty of his lyrics as he is for the
eccentric majesty of Leprous’ music. But even by his usual standards, ‘16’ is
an extremely emotional and dynamic piece of work. Einar describes the record as
“the closest I’ve ever come to writing a concept album” and explains that the
new songs are about a very specific and transformational period in the
musician’s life. This is the sound of a restless spirit in his absolute element. ’16’
finds Einar collaborating with everyone from modern prog contemporaries like
Bent Knee’s Ben Levin and Agent Fresco’s Toti Gudnason, to experimental cellist
(and regular Leprous live musician) Raphael Weinroth-Browne and Magnus Børmark,
best known as a member of Norwegian alt-folk troupe Gåte. He also once again
collaborates with Ihsahn and Star Of Ash amongst many others. The record was
mixed by mixed by Adam Noble (Placebo, Biffy Clyro, Nothing But Thieves) and
mastered by Robin Schmidt (The 1975, Placebo, The Gaslight Anthem, etc.). The
cover artwork was designed by Elena Sihida. ‘16’ is out on Ltd CD Digipak,
Gatefold 180g 2LP + LP-booklet & Digitally. Order here: https://einarsolberg-artist.lnk.to/sixteen Einar
& his solo live band have announced some festival shows for 2024. You can
find the full list below: 19.06.2024 Rock
Imperium (Spain) – Cartagena 28.06.2024 Hellfest
Open Air (France) – Clisson He has also just
announced a solo acoustic tour in South America for May 2024: 11.05.2024 Mexico City
(Mexico) – Indie Rocks 12.05.2024 Bogota
(Columbia) – Fernando Sor 14.05.2024 Santiago
(Chile) - Teatro Nescafé 16.05.2024 Curitiba
(Brazil) - Barracão EnCena 17.05.2024 São Paulo
(Brazil) – UMC Theater 18.05.2024 Belo
Horizonte (Brazil) – Teatro de Camara Vallourec Leprous
will embark on the final leg of their ‘Aphelion’ tour in Europe in February
& March 2024. Find the full list below: 29.02.2024 Bochum
(Germany) - Zeche 01.03.2024 Nottingham
(UK) - Rock City 02.03.2024 Leeds (UK) - Project House 03.03.2024 Dublin (Ireland) - Academy 05.03.2024 Lyon (France) - La Rayonne 06.03.2024 Pratteln (Switzerland) - Z7 Konzertfabrik 07.03.2024 Vienna (Austria) - Arena 08.03.2024 Leipzig (Germany) - Täubchenthal 09.03.2024 Krakow (Poland) - Kamienna12 10.03.2024 Lublin (Poland) - Radio Lublin 12.03.2024 Helsinki (Finland) - House of Culture 13.03.2024 Jyvaskyla (Finland) - Lutakko 14.03.2024 Oulu (Finland) - Kantakrouvi 16.03.2024 Hamar (Norway) - Festiviteten For
tickets and further info check here: https://leprous.net/tours EINAR SOLBERG
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