Ólafur Arnalds - Eulogy for EvolutionYear: 2007
Genre: Classical
Ólafur Arnalds is an Icelandic, multi-instrumentalist artist who is just trying to bridge the gap between pop and classical music. Basically, he's trying to find a way to make classical music accessible to everyone. He weaves wonderfully minimalistic post rock with the excitement of a well-done movie score. But for this album, you won't even need a moving picture. Every time Arnalds' bow meets whichever stringed instrument he happens to be playing, emotionally saturated music bursts forth to assault your ears with beauty that is almost diaphanous....his songs are practically weightless. He doesn't just pluck his violin, he plucks at your heart strings, too. And boy howdy does Arnalds know how to crescendo! Just when you think you've got it all figured out, he whips out an electric guitar and effectuates a surprising, yet satisfying way to end the album. A must-have for anybody, not just Yann Tiersen fangirls like myself.
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