I hadn't really been paying attention to what Anders Trentemøller had been up to for the past few years, until a post back in April over at the ever-excellent Bagging Area piqued my curiosity and a further post in June had me hooked. Trentemøller has released three singles so far in 2021 and has just announced a new album, Memoria, to come in February 2022. Echoing Swiss Adam's comments, Trentemøller's music evokes and updates the ethereal, transformative - let's be honest, goth-tinged - elements that I loved so much about indie/alternative music in the 1980s and 1990s. At various times, the spirit of Cocteau Twins, Joy Division, The Cure, The Jesus & Mary Chain, Dead Can Dance et al sends shivers down the spine. Ulrich Schnauss ploughed a similar furrow in the early 2000s, but Trentemøller takes the concept in a compelling direction. Memoria is available for pre-order and you can buy the three singles (and previous releases) via Bandcamp.
Trentemøller's latest single, In The Gloaming, was released on 9th September. Previous singles Golden Sun / Shaded Moon and No One Quite Like You, featuring Tricky / Vespertine came out in June and July
respectively, and don't feature on the upcoming album.
Today's post title is a lyric from No One Quite Like You.
Thanks for the kind words- and for In The Gloaming which I hadn't heard
ReplyDeleteBodes well for the album, for sure.
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