For their new album Sundur, Icelandic sisters Jófríõur and Ásthildur Ákadóttir, or Pascal Pinon, wanted to create a more minimal take on folk, using only piano and voice. That came with its own challenges, but also some unique opportunities to push the boundaries of what they were doing that little bit more. “Coming from a classical background we had our own idea of what that ‘usually’ sounds like and we also had our own ideas of how to make it better,” Jófríõur explained.
So on their latest track ‘Orange,’ the pair creating a haunting, almost barren landscape of piano and voice. “The main themes in ‘Orange’ is wordplay (repeating phrases but changing one word to alter the whole meaning), diary – or a kind of memoir-styled lyrics and imagining you’re in a piano bar in the 50’s singing about your loves and tragedies,” Jófríõur says. The slightly rough nature of their vocals certainly add to that feeling of being in a cavernous, almost dingy bar, only adding to the sense of loss and melancholia. ‘Orange’ may be sparse, but it packs a serious emotional punch.
Pascal Pinon’s new album Sundur is released on 26th August via Morr Music.
Find out more about Pascal Pinon on their official website.
