Album
Label code: SOL-107
Release date: 25th October 2019
Formats: vinyl LP, limited to 300 / Digital
The Hearing is the solo alias of Helsinki-based musician Ringa Manner. Since it’s creation in 2012 The Hearing has released two albums ‘Dorian’ (Gaea Records, 2013) and ‘Adrian’ (Solina Records, 2016), as well as played ca. 260 live shows in 16 different countries.
On her upcoming third album ‘Demian‘, The Hearing takes a turn for a more polished sound. Taking elements from modern scandinavian pop, techno and the Helsinki club scene, while letting distorted tidalwaves of howling synthesizers and choir harmonies battle it out amongst themselves, she creates a musical combination that is not easily labeled as any one genre. What started out in 2012 as mere looper pedal experimenting, has evolved into a world of it’s own.
The artist has this to say:
“’Demian’ is the next evolution stage of a being, and the missing piece of an album trilogy. It’s the start of something new, and an end to something meaningful from before. It’s having your broken heart heal just in time for someone to break it all over. It’s crying for people living in nightmares, and for the deafening beauty of one’s own cosmic uselessness. It’s shielding your mind with a pillow fortress, but inviting everyone else in too.”
Tracklist:
01 Loppu
02 ICU
03 Love=Prison
04 Interlude 1
05 Overtaking
06 Weltschmerz
07 Interlude 2
08 Jello
09 Best I Can Do
10 Demian
11 When In Doubt Repeat These Words
12 Just Like You
All songs composed, lyrics written by Ringa Manner
Arranged, produced by Ringa Manner & Samuli Kukkola
Mixed by Samuli Kukkola
Mastered by TTLangen
Vocals recorded by Artturi Taira
Choirs sung and recorded by Ringa Manner
Horns on Just Like You by Tapio Viitasaari
Photography by Heta Saukkonen
Cover design by Hanna Valle
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