Efterklang will release their new album on September 27th, the seventh in their discography. It will be called “Things We Have In Common” and will be released on the City Slang label, three years after the previous “Windflowers”.
“On the heels of our recent release of 'Getting Reminders' (ft. Beirut) and the announcement of the European tour, we are thrilled to announce the release of our new album – writes the Danish trio in a note – We are working on the album intermittently from December 2021 and we will celebrate its release with a special concert at the Barbican concert hall in London on 5 October and, of course, at all other shows on the upcoming tour.” The Danish group will arrive in Italy in January 2025 to present the new album on a single date, Saturday 25th at the Arci Bellezza in Milan.
Preceding “Things We Have In Common”, the single “Plant”, accompanied by a music video directed by Søren Lynggaard and Niels Buhl Hendriksen which follows the creative game with still and live images created in the video for “Getting Reminders” with Beirut. Watch the video below.
“Plant” features Mabe Fratti on vocals and cello, along with Tatu Rönkkö (of Liima) on drums, Hector Tosta (of Titanic) on guitar and Jarrett Gilgore on saxophone. “We co-wrote the song with our dear friend and former Efterklang member Rune Mølgaard, whose personal journey plays a significant role in the making of 'Things We Have In Common' – underlines the band – On the new album, Rune He co-composed 7 of the 9 songs, and his personal story and journey in and out of the Mormon church over the past few years have deeply influenced the album. We love Rune and are proud of him and what we created together.”
In the open community that Efterklang have become there are three permanent members: Mads Brauer, Casper Clausen and Rasmus Stolberg. Pianist and composer Rune Mølgaard left Efterklang after 2007's “Parades” album, but has continued to hang around the band to varying degrees since then.
Here she is tracklist of “Things We Have In Common”:
1. Balancing Stones (feat. Mabe Fratti)
2. Plant (feat. Mabe Fratti)
3. Getting Reminders (feat. Beirut)
4. Ambulance
5. Leave It All Behind
6. Animated Heart (feat. Sønderjysk Pigekor)
7. Shelf Break
8. Sentiment
9. To A New Day (feat. Sønderjysk Pigekor)
Antonio Santini for SANREMO.FM