For the first time since 2018, fans will be able to experience Ásgeir’s innate ability to create a sense of intimacy in a room occupied by thousands at four very special recital hall shows throughout May.
ÁSGEIR
Bury The Moon Australian Tour
Monday, 11 May | QPAC, Brisbane, QLD
Tuesday, 12 May | Enmore Theatre, Sydney NSW
Thursday, 14 May | Forum Theatre, Melbourne VIC
Friday, 15 May | Freo.Social, Fremantle WA
Bury The Moon – or Sátt, to give the record its Icelandic title – has been released today, and was preceded by two new cuts – ‘Pictures’, ‘Until Daybreak’, and lead single ‘Youth’. Inspired by the Icelandic landscape and traditional Icelandic folk music, Ásgeir locked himself away in a summerhouse deep in the countryside to write the new album. Revisiting his acoustic beginnings and taking things back to basics, he conjured up ‘Pictures’.
Talking about the new track, the introvert artist said: “The lyrics paint pictures of daily life, from when we wake up and go to work and how our dreams come alive in the nighttime. It also depicts the importance of not thinking more of your country than other countries / or yourself over other people, and the importance of unity between people.”
The enigmatic artist makes music that penetrates a little deeper than most. His debut album soared to success in his native land, before English language edition In The Silence connected with an entirely new audience. Here in Australia, it was spotlighted as triple j Feature Album and both the album and it’s lead single ‘King and Cross’ achieved gold ARIA accreditation. Ásgeir’s first Splendour In The Grass in 2015 saw him return to Australia just two months after supporting alt-J on their national stadium tour. That year, ‘King and Cross’ clocked in at number 10 in The Hottest 100.
In 2017 Afterglow scored Ásgeir’s second triple j Feature Album and the station co-presented his sold out Splendour In The Grass sideshows. Due to popular demand he returned to Australian shores that summer for the The Falls Music And Arts Festival.
At times, Bury The Moon is a bruising, achingly personal experience, with shades of the endless isolation Ásgeir put himself through in that remote summerhouse.
“I’m looking forward to seeing the reactions, and how it sits with people,” he says. “I wanted to take the project back to its roots, in a way, and make it more about honesty: honest songs with strong melodies and lyrics.”