For Now I Am Winterby Ólafur Arnalds

For now I am winter ", a sentence that sounds like a judgment, this is the title of his latest work. The melodies are always melancholic, nostalgic, full of intimate and suspended. His music is highly evocative, it is easy to listen to and be like in a parallel reality, losing the sense of the present and slip into a world of imagination or memories. His melodies and sharp images depict lives in the soul of the listener. Icy Everything in this album even the cover and the title. Felt the cold wind and fascinating Iceland. It is difficult to separate listening to a single track since it seems to work born to be listened to in full, without pausing as if it were a single tireless melody as well as an almost mystical.

For the creation of the songs Olafur has worked with the singer Arnor Dan Armarson who is actively involved in some of the songs as a guitarist. "Brim" with his violins is full of movement, "For now I am winter" is a contrast between the sweetness of the melody and the coldness of the title. Beautiful piano at the beginning of "Old Skin".