{"id":34159,"date":"2020-05-03T12:15:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-03T16:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=34159"},"modified":"2020-05-02T06:51:36","modified_gmt":"2020-05-02T10:51:36","slug":"icelandic-post-rock-collective-var-share-new-song-where-to-find-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=34159","title":{"rendered":"Icelandic post-rock collective VAR share new song \u2018Where To Find You\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Reykjav\u00edk Iceland emotional post-rock collective&nbsp;VAR&nbsp;has shared a new track titled <em>Where To Find You<\/em> off their upcoming album \u2018The Never-Ending Year,\u2018 which is out now via Spartan Records. You can stream <em>Where To Find You<\/em> via SoundCloud below. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"300\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/661972205%3Fsecret_token%3Ds-FOxeR&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true&amp;visual=true\"><\/iframe><divstyle=\"font-size: 10px;=\"\" color:=\"\" #cccccc;line-break:=\"\" anywhere;word-break:=\"\" normal;overflow:=\"\" hidden;white-space:=\"\" nowrap;text-overflow:=\"\" ellipsis;=\"\" font-family:=\"\" interstate,lucida=\"\" grande,lucida=\"\" sans=\"\" unicode,lucida=\"\" sans,garuda,verdana,tahoma,sans-serif;font-weight:=\"\" 100;\"=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/spartanrecords\" title=\"spartanrecords\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">spartanrecords<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/spartanrecords\/06-var-where-to-find-you\/s-FOxeR\" title=\"VAR - \" where=\"\" to=\"\" find=\"\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">VAR &#8211; &#8220;Where To Find You&#8221;<\/a><\/divstyle=\"font-size:>\n\n\n\n<p><br>VAR began as a solo project of J\u00fal\u00edus \u00d3ttar (vocals, guitar, piano) in 2013, but soon after, he realized that his vision for VAR could not be fully realized without additional collaborators \u2014 so he called upon those who were close. Soon his wife Myrra R\u00f3s (synths, vocals) and his brother Egill Bj\u00f6rgvinsson (bass) joined the band along with friends Arn\u00f3r J\u00f3nasson (guitar) and Andri Freyr \u00deorgeirsson (drums). With this lineup, VAR wrote and recorded the EP \u2018Vetur\u2019 and performed for several years building a fiercely loyal fanbase. With time and competing responsibilities, Myrra R\u00f3s was pulled in a different direction and drummer Sigur\u00f0ur Ingi Einarsson replaced Andri Freyr to solidify the band&#8217;s current and more concentrated lineup. It was this transition that served as a catalyst for the reimagining of VAR\u2019s sound.&#8217;The Never-Ending Year&#8217; stands as one of Spartan Records most of awe-inspiring releases to date, and a record that will grow and evolve with each listen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&#8216;The Never-Ending Year&#8217; track listing<\/strong><br>1. Moments<br>2. Fearless<br>3. Drowning<br>4. Run<br>5. By The Ocean<br>6. Where To Find You<br>7. Breathing<br>8. Highlands<br>9. Still I Miss You<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pre-order &#8216;The Never-Ending Year&#8217; at <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sable.madmimi.com\/c\/17023?id=11291043.73171.1.03c8f8bf2bb81ba5e3a9375f7ee908f7\">http:\/\/spr.tn\/var<\/a>. All pre-orders come with instant downloads of <em>Where To Find You<\/em>, <em>Run<\/em> and <em>Moments<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Album pre-save link for DSPs:&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sable.madmimi.com\/c\/17023?id=11291043.73172.1.4105522751ffe4a3f017a858ca1a282a\">https:\/\/orcd.co\/theneverendingyear<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cascade.madmimi.com\/promotion_images\/1477\/8853\/original\/Screen_Shot_2020-03-30_at_8.25.49_AM.png?ssl=1\" alt=\"VAR The Never-Ending Year vinyl\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>First pressing are limited to 300 copies:<br>\u2022 Alda (Oxblood in Milky Clear Color-in-Color with White and Silver Splatter) (100)&nbsp;<br>\u2022 Aska (Milky Clear \/ Silver Swirl with Clear, White, and Oxblood Splatter) (200)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Full color jacket printed on reverseboard stock with uncoated insert.All pre-orders include an instant download of <em>Run<\/em>, <em>Moments<\/em> and a hi-quality download of &#8216;The Never-Ending Year&#8217; on April 24th.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pre-order the vinyl here:&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sable.madmimi.com\/c\/17023?id=11291043.73174.1.870362ad4909da8e7741e46e25525e29\">https:\/\/www.spartanrecords.com\/products\/662812-var-the-never-ending-year<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>More about VAR?<\/strong><br>In certain seasons, time can depart from the static drone of minutes and hours and days and months, and settle into a less mechanical rhythm. It is replaced by something more organic &#8212; a fluctuating heartbeat, both resting and racing. This transition happens without notice as slowly the external becomes the internal. In more linear terms, the new decade will mark a new addition to the Spartan Records roster \u2014 Iceland\u2019s VAR, a melodic indie rock quartet. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Building upon four years of performance and experimentation within their home country, VAR has honed their devastatingly beautiful sound into something more refined and explosive on their debut LP \u2018The Never-Ending Year\u2018. Think Sigur Ros with more urgency, We Were Promised Jetpacks with more intricacy, and Frightened Rabbit with more grit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;<em>The meaning of the name VAR comes from ships entering into the harbor to seek shelter from bad weather out at sea,\u201d<\/em> says J\u00fal\u00edus \u00d3ttar. <em>&#8220;The band practices in an old fish plant by the shore in a small fishing village on the south coast. The power and the noise of the ocean is bound to influence you.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As it turns out, the ocean is the perfect sonic metaphor for the dynamics of \u2018The Never-Ending Year\u2019. Over the course of the record, beautiful lush and layered moments are rattled by frenetic eruptions and soaring punctuations. \u2018The Never-Ending Year\u2019 is a challenging listen that requires both patience and space as it builds and settles, but the crescendoing peaks and brooding descents perfectly articulate a story of the natural world\u2019s seeping influence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c<em>When we began writing \u2018The Never-Ending Year\u2019, we had to compensate for members leaving. This is when we started playing louder and faster,\u201d <\/em>says bassist Egill Bj\u00f6rgvinsson. While loud and fast are the resounding highs on the record, it is the subtle and intricate builds that create the band&#8217;s arresting dynamic. The album is a wandering journey and a deeply involved listen \u2014 unlike the background-in-the-cafe allure of some of the aforementioned bands in the genre. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While the album was being written, VAR entered the studio for the first time with a dedicated producer. \u201c<em>We recorded the song \u2018Moments&#8217; before we had decided to make the full record, and we contacted our friend Ei\u00f0ur to work with us on the single. He had a specific sound that we wanted to try out, and the collaboration was really great \u2014 so we moved forward with him from there,\u201d<\/em> says J\u00fal\u00edus \u00d3ttar. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the big decisions the band had to make with \u2018The Never-Ending Year\u2018 was which language to use for the vocals. &#8220;<em>Lyrically there was not a conscious decision to sing in English, until then most of our songs have been in Icelandic. Somehow the feeling of the songs called for English lyrics and we let that feeling flow through the album.&#8221;<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The entire process of writing and recording the album took one year, and it was one with both high and low tides. It was a year that moved slowly; one that seemed as if it would never cease to end. During this time, the band split time between J\u00fal\u00edus \u00d3ttar\u2019s small hometown and the busyness of Reykjavik. This prolonged and frequent transition between the calm and the commotion took palpable root in the evolution of The Never-Ending Year \u2014 it is unmistakably present in the progression of the album while listening. 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