THE VON HERTZENS REACH FOR THE SKY

Trio expand influences on album nine as they reveal a deep love of pop and pomp.

PW

“I still have that apartment in India,” says singer-guitarist Mikko von Hertzen of the place he keeps on in Kerala, southern India, an area famed for its eco-tourism and outstanding beauty. “It’s high up there and I can hear the waves rolling in and it was like I wrote about in the song: the blue and purple sky, fireflies passing overhead.” He’s talking about Beneath The Silver Stars, a song from Von Hertzen Brothers’ ninth album, In Murmuration – out on October 25 via DoingBeingMusic – a tune that’s as much Queen pomp as it is ABBA pop and a pointer to the band’s current direction. “That song has a little bit of Swedish pop to it. It reflects the vastness of the music we were brought up with at…

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