Name: Hjaltalín - Very Slow Bossanova (Slowblow cover) by Hjaltalín
Duration: 4 min 5 s
Description: Hjaltalín cover of the song Very Slow Bossanova by the Icelandic band Slowblow, originally released in 2004. This version was recorded in 2009 for the movie The Good Heart (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0808285/) by director Dagur Kári, who's also a member of Slowblow.

Hi! Have you released this for comercial purposes anywhere? I just discovered you guys because of the movie and I was checking out your albums but they don't have this track. I desperately want it, so any info on that matter would be higly appreciated :)

Thank you very much for your time, this is a lovely version, keep up the excellent work!

Cheers!

The new single from Young Unknowns.  
Also listenable in multi-media format on http://youngunknowns.com/wallcloud 
or
BUY song here: http://smarturl.it/IWantToLose


Words and Music by M. Meyer
Recorded and arranged by M. Meyer
Mixed by Merritt Jacob
Mastered by Aaron Ford


I Want to Lose

There are strange forces at work, lurking underneath the shiny, impeccable surface of this place: Looming behind all those perfect little fence posts and neighborly smiles, there's a sense of isolation, of emptiness, a hint of claustrophobia, that fear of being in the wrong place, too far removed from where things are really happening. It's true: darkness has fallen upon suburbia. Welcome to the unadorned world of Innhverfi.

Using a play on the Icelandic words for "suburbs" and "introvert" for its title, Innhverfi is the debut solo album from Sigur Rós' and Jónsi's touring keyboard player/percussionist Óbó – in his passport it says Ólafur Björn Ólafsson –, and although comprised of no more than 7 compositions, it does run the gamut of suburban bliss turned upside down: After the LP's minimalistic opener "Úthverfi", a track that melancholically opens up after a long, immensely dark and brooding intro, that ultimately offers some respite in the form of playful Glockenspiel over layers of slow-moving sonic lava, the equally cinematic "Svartur galdur" leaves much room for Óbó's trademark baritone: Like a bespectacled puppeteer with fluffy hair, he seems to shuffle and rearrange home-recorded bits and lullaby-like DIY pieces in front of our very eyes, which can't help but follow, as we move deeper into the somewhat forlorn suburban landscape that has inspired this record. Imagine dark, wet streets, overcast little alleys, and suddenly a cat or a candle on a windowsill, breathing slowly.

Elsewhere, "Gjallarhornin" – all spoken words, piano, strings, vibraphone, rearranged like a whirlwind in slow-motion – makes way for a hopeful oomph deferred and silent-movie era melodies, while "Stilla", an instrumental, commences like early Efterklang, but there's no gaudiness on the horizon: When the subtle electronics and percussions erupt in the end, it all feels just right – if only for a brief moment. Finally, the subdued birdsong and jazz-inspired piano of "Fyrirbo∂i" underline that Ólafsson has worked on motion picture soundtracks in the past – e.g. The Good Heart, Steypa –, and before it all ends, he even throws in a foot-stompin' alt-pop song of sorts ("Rétt e∂a rangt?"). The last stop of this journey into the haunting underbelly of the suburban mind is "Gullregn": A creaking door that opens to unveil his own garden of forking paths, a place where one can still decide, shake things up, jump the fence and run, leave before it's too late. It's pure possibility, presented in a golden light.

Although Innhverfi is his debut effort as a solo artist, Óbó's musical handwriting has been all over the Icelandic map in recent years: A multi-instrumentalist and a wizard on percussions, he studied piano and later composition in various European cities and has performed and recorded with artists such as Sigur Rós, Jónsi, Emiliana Torrini, Stórsveit Nix Noltes, slowblow, Benni Hemm Hemm, múm, Jóhann Jóhannsson, Úlfur Hansson and Valgeir Sigur∂sson, to name a few.

Though few will be able to understand the lyrics in his native Icelandic, one thing is certain: Innhverfi is the very antidote to the affliction and troubles it sketches out. Turns out we've been in the right place all along.

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Óbó: Rett Eda Rangt?

he feeds me all his favorite lines.
he compliments me all the time.
i never have to, have to apologize.

he doesn't live across the state.
he notices when i'm in pain.
we never argue, he never makes me cry.

he loves me, but my heart still beats for you.
i know, i know. it shouldn't, but it's true.
i'm so out of touch.
you gave me a hunch that nobody could disprove
and covered in paint, when you went away
you colored me shades of blue.

you chewed me up and spit me out.
you built me up to tear me down.
sometimes i miss you even now,
even now.

i still remember last july—
that summer love i left behind
and you gave me hell, but i would've stayed for life.

he loves me, but my heart still beats for you.
i know, i know. it shouldn't, but it's true.
i'm so out of touch.
you gave me a hunch that nobody could disprove
and covered in paint, when you went away
you colored me shades of blue.

will you return to,
will you return to,
will you return to,
will you return?

will you return to,
will you return to,
will you return to me?

shades of blue

f I could take
Time out of a bottle
The first thing
I would do
Is grasp onto you
And take you to
places you once knew
A place you take faith
From your original grace
Moving through
A joyous space
Not taken
By something
Forsaken
Just a continuous
Awakening
Of your original bliss
Connecting beyond
The midst of time.

Time Out of a Bottle__

Fictionalise (Release)

Music & Lyrics by Dear Criminals 

Produced by Philippe Brault 
Mixed by Sébastien Blais-Montpetit 
Mastered by Emily Lazar at The Lodge, assisted by Chris Allgood.

https://dearcriminals.bandcamp.com/album/another-picture

Another Picture

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Hjaltalín cover of the song Very Slow Bossanova by the Icelandic band Slowblow, originally released in 2004. This version was recorded in 2009 for the movie The Good Heart (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0808285/) by director Dagur Kári, who's also a member of Slowblow.

Hjaltalín - Very Slow Bossanova (Slowblow cover)

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Off the EP "You Are A Young Unknown."
Available here:
http://youngunknowns.bandcamp.com

Words and music by Meredith Meyer
Produced by Bill Racine
Mastered by JJ Golden

Vox, Guitar, Rhodes- Meredith Meyer
Drums- Matt Arbeiter
Bass- Ethan Walter / Bryan Percivall


c. 2012 Willow Walk Music, BMI 

Far Enough

some demos. titles are not final. nor the mixes. or the songs.

enjoy xx

vocals + guitars + bloops: arthur 
synths + pans + melodies in 13: adam
drums + samples + pith: laurence
bass + vocals + microwave: Ed

sound engineered, produced + mixed by arthur robijns

all copyright pushpin + cobblerbob ltd.

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