Fjord | zh

1. Fjord are the young Canadian art-pop duo of Thomas Casault and Louis-Étienne Santais, who came to our ears earlier this year and left us completely stunned. Latest effort Blue, the follow up to their 2014’s debut EP Where We Lay, is a London Grammar-inspired piece, leaded by an impressive falsetto voice that stands out over a mat of atmospheric, haunting beats. At this point, you may wonder who the female guest-singer is. Well, there’s no guest vocalist, because that’s not a female voice! All the vocals here are courtesy of Casault. Despite Fjord’s debut EP has been a great...

New Japanese signing on U-cover and the last release of 2007! Shunichiro Fujimoto from Tokyo has a solo project called fjordne. Here he processes only acoustic instruments such as piano and guitars into some exciting, experimental minded ambient, resulting in something that comes between the typical Fennesz and Oval sound but still with his own original sign. Unmoving is another well made debut from an artist from whom we will hear a lot more soon. .

Fjord Rowboat are based in Toronto, Canada. They consist of Craig Gloster (vocals/keyboard), Justin Grant (guitar), Matt Collum (guitar), and brothers Kevin and Ian McKay (bass/drums). They formed in the fall of 2004 and self-released their debut album - Saved the Compliments for Morning - on 30 August, 2007. They are releasing their latest album, Under Cover Of Brightness, on June 15, 2010. .