Carl Liungman is a Swedish neo-classical artist whose stylistic bounds are so pleasingly contemporary. His sonic touch is light and subtle with a dainty aftermath. It reflects beautifully in the tones, textures, and levity. Like a string of pearls, they are elegantly connected to create a lifting listening experience. The artist has a background in classical, jazz, blues, and cinematic piano experiments. Among these spheres, he fosters a minimalistic niche that poses themes like stillness, reflection, contemplation, and subtlety. His latest release, ‘Change’ is a 9-part series of piano pieces that are as detailed, deep, and rich as classic works of literature. They are drenched in thoughtful endeavors, a passion that flows out of sophisticated craft and silent brilliance. Listen Now!
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The album encompasses notions of the nuclear family, tracing out its complex and simple dimensions. As you travel through the tracks, a tale begins to take hold. It explores the facets of being a child, the ties of motherhood, fatherhood. Speckled with nostalgia and a staining melancholy, it goes back and forth in time. You can trace childhood in these tracks just as much as you can find the grief, loss, fear and pain.
‘Mother’ introduces the new listener to the ethos of not only the album but Carl Liungman. It poses a silent drama, mellow and ambient. It holds the warmth, nurture, and care of a mother’s love and presence. It is doting and dynamic with the occasional ascending ripples that softens the whole theme.
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‘After’ is an ebbing and flowing composition, one that despite the striking minimalism carries so much thematic weight. It ties in with ‘Final Days’, a track that showcases the mercurial sentiments of an approaching end. ‘Wind In June’ marks the beginning of a healing period, a show of promise and life that echoes the trajectories of its predecessor ‘Hope’.
‘Father’ yet again details a presence. Soft, measured, wise, and pragmatic, it encapsulates the entirety of fatherhood with soft drops of melody. This is followed by ‘Survivor’ , one that fleshes out the capacity of fatherhood. The mind wanders to frames of a heartbroken man who has lost his wife. Glimmering with light, pain rides into the fight for redefinition.
‘Peaceful’ forms as calmly as ‘Father’, perhaps indicating a return to base kind of thing. Like an expansive ocean, it spreads out and occupies a boundless sphere. Serene and succinct like a horizon. The title track concludes the album. Listening to it is like following the wind and its morning journey through the trees, leaves, birds, and bees. There’s so much joy, almost euphoric in its evolving beauty. The artist plays it with such an incredible emotion that it engulfs the mind and compels you to evolve and turn with time. Listen Now!
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