{"id":1544,"date":"2014-02-14T08:02:28","date_gmt":"2014-02-14T08:02:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/?p=1544"},"modified":"2014-02-14T08:02:28","modified_gmt":"2014-02-14T08:02:28","slug":"icelandic-sensation-asgeir-releases-first-all-english-album","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2014\/02\/14\/icelandic-sensation-asgeir-releases-first-all-english-album\/","title":{"rendered":"Icelandic sensation \u00c1sgeir releases first all-English album."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><i>In the Silence<\/i>\u00a0is the second studio album from the Icelandic singer-songwriter \u00c1sgeir, and is his first all-English\u00a0album.\u00a0 Cai Llwyd gives it a listen.<\/strong><br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1550\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1550\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Asgeir.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1550 \" alt=\"\u00c1sgeir Trausti\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Asgeir-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1550\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1550 \" alt=\"\u00c1sgeir Trausti\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Asgeir-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> Image courtesy of Skylee 182<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nReleased on January 27, the album features the same songs as his debut album\u00a0<i>D\u00fdr\u00f0 \u00ed dau\u00f0a\u00fe\u00f6gn<\/i>\u00a0in\u00a0Icelandic, but with English-language lyrics by John Grant.<br \/>\nBorn and raised in the tiny village of Laugarbakki, \u2013 population, 40 \u2013 \u00c1sgeir comes from a large family of musicians.<br \/>\nLast year, aged just 20, he became an overnight sensation in his home country with the release of <i>D\u00fdr\u00f0 \u00ed dau\u00f0a\u00fe\u00f6gn<\/i>,\u00a0breaking all records to become Iceland\u2019s fastest and biggest selling debut album by a home grown artist, even outselling Bj\u00f6rk and Sigur R\u00f3s.<br \/>\nThree of its 10 tracks have been number one singles and, staggeringly, one in 10 of all Icelanders now own the album.<br \/>\nIn essence,\u00a0<i>In the Silence<\/i>\u00a0is a folktronica record, with <i>Torrent<\/i> the highlight. With a stop-start backdrop that sweeps along majestically, it\u2019s welcomingly melancholic.<br \/>\nThe\u00a0Bon Iver\u00a0comparisons are inevitable, with more than a passing resemblance to their album\u00a0<i>For Emma, Forever Ago<\/i> \u2013 <i>In the Silence<\/i>\u2019s title track, <i>Higher<\/i>, is especially similar.<br \/>\nEven \u00c1sgeir\u2019s vocals quiver just like Bon Iver\u2019s Justin Vernon.<br \/>\nThe album suggests two possible paths for its young creator. He could follow the route of being an acoustic singer-songwriter, or he could pursue the electronic direction. I would plead with him to go down the former, but as is typical of the times, the latter would inevitably make him the more popular artist.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the Silence\u00a0is the second studio album from the Icelandic singer-songwriter \u00c1sgeir, and is his first all-English\u00a0album.\u00a0 Cai Llwyd gives it a listen. 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