Einar Stray Orchestra - Dear Bigotry - LP (burgundy vinyl)

"We find ourselves in an artistic renaissance. We have sharpened our expression."

Recorded in the seclusion of winter on an island in the Northwest-coast of Norway, Einar Stray Orchestra let their soundscape be inspired by Arabic folk music, Flying Lotus, Stravinskij, Japanese metal, Mars Volta, Dirty Projectors and Lana Del Rey.

And yet the band’s sound arises from an unusual setting in indie rock: The predominant absence of guitars is met by Stray’s piano as well as cello and violin and plays with expectations. The strings though aren’t used kindly, fragile or fiddling but are – and were always – an essential element of the sprawling song cascades.

LP comes on burgungy vinyl, and includes a full-coloured innersleeve.