Spotify Premium exclusive – Oh Land’s debut album

In January, Danish singer/songwriter Oh Land, released an EP exclusively to Spotify and now we are delighted to announce that she is releasing her debut album exclusively to us a week early!

Oh Land’s multi-sensory approach to songwriting has been present from the beginning. Before Oh Land had a name, or even songs, she was a restless child on the outskirts of Copenhagen, where she wove together imaginary languages, characters, and magazines. Though she didn’t know it then, this sense of play would develop naturally into the skewed and rich aesthetic of Oh Land’s music and performance style.

Oh Land’s music bears the fruit of an incredibly stimulating childhood. She has created a soundscape that dreams as hard as it dances. Her performance style confronts the audience with elements as sonically and visually diverse as drum pads, an omnichord, and a front projector system that broadcasts homemade visuals across balloons.

“I want my music to feel like 2050 meets something really classic, like meeting a stranger that feels as familiar as an old friend.” says Oh Land.

The jungle drumming and layered vocals of “White Nights” evokes a quest to find peace and a sense of home in the chaos of a city that never sleeps. She sings, “There’s a restlessness in me/Keeps me up ’till the dawn/There is no silence/I will keep following the sirens,” alluding to both the noise and throb of the city and the mythological seducers that call to lonely sailors.

“I wanted my new album to strike a balance between the big city and nature,” she explains, “because they’re both pulling me in different directions all the time. I live and grow in the eye of the storm.”

Oh Land is performing at many UK festivals throughout this summer including The Great Escape and Glastonbury.