release date:11.04.2025 on Jazzland
“
End” will be available on CD on 11 April and follows the acclaimed “
No City, No Tree, No Lake” (2019) and “
This Is Not About You” (2021).
Each track title is like a one-word prompt, with suggestions for action. The album retains the deep richness and introspective qualities of the previous albums, while the spacious, dreamlike quality and moody atmospheres also can be found, although are perhaps darker and more contemplative. Upbeat moments occur, such as on “Dance” which marries a Vince Guaraldi-like vibe with Reichian minimalism; by contrast, a track like “Chance” takes the minimalist aesthetic and creates a chattering storm of sound that swells and recedes, almost hypnotically.
Melodies are omnipresent, yet frequently weave and duck within stumbling chord progressions, camouflaging themselves one moment, then pouncing from the darkness the next. There is a brevity to each track, with track lengths ranging from just over 30 seconds to just under 5 minutes, acknowledging how the trio succinctly create their statements without resorting to elongated technical displays. Each track has a duality, a sense of being perfectly and thoroughly composed, yet utterly spontaneous as though arisen in the moment it was recorded.
The trio’s dynamic interplay and musical prowess is entirely at the service of the music, moving through subtlety and suggestion, to restrained declamation. “END” marks out the trio’s further growth and maturity, showcasing their ever-increasing ability to capture a listener and an expansion of the musical territory they take that captive audience through.
Photo: Eirik Havnes
artist: Johan Lindvall Trio
title: End
release date: 11th April 2025
label: Jazzland Recordings
formats: CD/DL
Tracklist:
1.Stop 02:36
2.Leave 04:27
3.Sign 04:25
4.Dance 03:53
5.Block 04:16
6.Read 02:38
7.Chance 04:59
8.Stay 03:49
9.Broke 00:32
10.Sleep 01:50
11. End 02:52
Line up:
Johan Lindvall (piano)
Adrian Myhr (double bass)
Andreas Skår Winther (drums)
All compositions by Johan Lindvall
Recorded by Bård Ingebrigtsen at Amper Tone, Oslo, February 26 2024
Mix by Kyrre Laastad Mastering by Giuseppe Ielasi
