Still Life

“I like to mix things that don’t belong together and see what happens,” says Eivør Pálsdóttir. The singer-songwriter talks to Prog about channelling the folk traditions of her Faroese home, the power of solitude, and the inspiring magic of the natural world into her transformative new album ENN.

David West

It means ‘still’ in Faroese, although the word ‘enn’ lends itself to neither the Faroe Islands, surrounded by the turbulent, briny North Atlantic, nor the archipelago’s most famous daughter. Since her eponymous debut in 2000, Eivør has explored folk, electronica, art-rock and more in a career defined by a restless musical curiosity, yet stillness and the tranquillity of solitude helped to shape the sound and moods of her latest release, ENN. With a population of 71, the village of Tjørnuvík is the perfect spot to escape the distractions of modern life, and it became her base for the new album. “It’s a beautiful place, isolated from everything,” says Eivør. “You feel extremely far away from the rest of the world and you’re close to nature. That makes you feel connected.…

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