Pascal Pinon - Sundur '2016

Tracks list

Tracklist

01. Jósa & Lotta
02. 53
03. Forest
04. Skammdegi
05. Fuglar
06. Spider Light
07. Orange
08. Twax
09. Babies
10. Ást
11. Weeks


After their sophomore LP, 2013s Twosomeness, Pascal Pinon - twin sisters
Ásthildur and Jófrídur Ákadöttir - spent significant time apart
for the first time. Still teenagers, Ásthildur left to study music in
Amsterdam while Jófrídur worked and toured with her other band, Saramis.
The siblings reunited for Sundur, which translates to apart, a reference to the
Icelandic phrase sundur og saman, apart and together. The potential psychic toll
of such a separation for twins can be heard on Sundur, which diverges from the
fleshier arrangements and whimsical palette of their previous album. Here, the
tone is more forsaken, with a sparser sound and more experimental detailing. The
piano piece Jósa & Lotta opens the record with the words Two hearts at
separate pace sung in breathy harmony. The song leads into 53, a gentle acoustic
guitar ballad thats accompanied by piano and glitchy electronics. The latter
culminates in distorted wind effects. Switching the source of glitch, Babies
relies on organ, with clattering metal and other percussive objects. Also mixing
organic sounds and warped noise that together seem like part of a natural world,
if not our own, are two instrumentals. Spider Light is marked by an electronic
drum sample and keyboards, while Twax offers tubular bells and other mallet
percussion, along with mechanical engine noise. In keeping with the albums
themes of separation and togetherness, the track list alternates between these
instrumentals, solo vocals, and two-part harmony. Sundurs delicate poignancy is
certainly darker than on prior albums (Nothing ever stays the same), but its
just as fascinating, and has the potential to be deeply affecting.

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