…and They Have Escaped the Weight of Darkness — Ólafur Arnalds

A patient and ultimately uplifting journey from isolated melancholy to expansive, cinematic hope.

Tracklist · 9 Tracks · 43m

Þú ert sólin

3:26

Þú ert jörðin

4:34

Tunglið

4:28

Loftið verður skyndilega kalt

5:48

Kjurrt

4:45

Gleypa okkur

5:48

Hægt, kemur ljósið

5:34

Undan hulu

5:09

Þau hafa sloppið undan þunga myrkursins

4:02

Moments Worth Listening For

The way the drums subtly enter halfway through track 4, grounding the ethereal string swells

The transition into the final track where the piano melody finally resolves into a pure, hopeful major key

The visceral sound of the piano's internal mechanisms clicking between notes on the opening track

Reviews

AllMusic

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Drowned in Sound

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Where This Album Departs

How does …and They Have Escaped the Weight of Darkness sound next to the rest of Ólafur Arnalds's catalogue?

Sunrise+3.1σ

Sunrise saturates this record far more than the artist's norm.

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