Swedish cinematic Post-Rock band EF share the new single “Hymn Of…” taken from their upcoming album “We Salute You, You and You!,” out on November 4th, 2022 via Pelagic Records. Stream the track through the YouTube player below:
An addictively epic track that shows EF’s ability to take catchy phrases and delicious melodies make them crunch and raw tame them back into weeping strides and then take flight into stretching vistas of awe.
Niklas / EF: “Hymn Of… was the first song we created for the new album. All pieces fell easily together in the right spot. Someone said it’s ‘vintage EF meets Envy’. That’s a damn fine wine if you’d ask me.“
For over 20 years EF have been bridging the divide between the sublime and the fragile with magistral compositions characterised by moments of emotional catharsis and marked human frailty. Combining the Indie Rock mannerisms of Explosions In The Sky with the Hardcore attitude of Mogwai and the orchestral approach of Godspeed You! Black Emperor, EF capture the magic of Post-Rock around the turn of the millennium, when the genre was still young and freshly exciting.
Their 2006 debut album “Give Me Beauty… Or Give Me Death!” is an underrated Post-Rock classic that marked the start of a storied career with many seminal studio albums ahead of them. However after 15 years that fabled career seemed to come to an end as: after one last performance at Pelagic Fest in Berlin in 2018, the members of EF became quiet and little was heard of them since.
Order / stream / buy here: listen.pelagic-records.com/ef
Tracklist:
01. Moments Of Momentum
02. Wolves, Obey!
03. Hymn Of…
04. Nio
05. Leuven
06. Apricity
07. Chambers
Lineup:
Thomas Torsson / Guitar, Vocals
Erik Jardestig / Guitar
Niklas Åström / Drums
Daniel Juline / Guitar, Electric Bass, Keys, Vocals
Catch them live here:
17/11 Berlin (DE) Privatclub
18/11 Leipzig (DE) Ut Connewitz
19/11 Neunkirche (DE) Gloomar Festival
20/11 Hasselt (BE) Muziekodroom
21/11 Eindhoven (NL) Dynamo
22/11 Hamburg (DE) Hafenklang
23/11 Copenhagen (DK) Vega