Under Byen Release LP Today

Under Byen Release Long-Awaited Fourth LP Today
Denmark's Under Byen (Danish for 'under the city') released their fourth album of dark, moody orchestral pop today. Just awarded a 7.6 by Pitchfork, Alt Er Tabt (All Is Lost) is the band's first studio LP since 2006's internationally-acclaimed Samme Stof Som Stof, and it’s the band's third release on Paper Bag Records.

Under Byen broke the music world open with 2006's North American release of their album Samme Stof Som Stof. The band performed the album all over the world, including in such unconventional locations as an 18th-century Belgian house and a Swedish forest.

"A lot has happened in the band since we released Samme Stof Som Stof four years ago," says Nils Gröndahl. "Thorbjørn, who played the piano, has left the band, and being without him has in some way turned us into a new band. He wrote most of the music, but on Alt Er Tabt everyone in the band has contributed to the songwriting."

Alt Er Tabt is Under Byen's most direct album to date. It is structured around subtle, minimal and abstract sounds. The music and lyrics are always on the edge of exploding into a new meaning, new complexity and new shades of wealth. The instruments were recorded to preserve their pure unmediated materiality, with the music becoming a sum of tones. A cello sounds like wood. A guitar sounds like steel. Alt Er Tabt finds the group playing with dynamics and exploring new sonic ground unlike anything they’ve done before.

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