Close your eyes and dive into the magical tunes and hear Johanna´s youthful and tender voice…fragile, yet powerful and moving beyond words.
You can almost see the green and peaceful little valley taking shape in front of your inner eye.
“The Valley” is the second single taken from the upcoming album ‘II- Those We Don´t Speak Of,’ which will be released on September 3rd.
Tuomas Holopainen comments on the track as follows:
““The Valley” is an ode to homecoming. It`s about things worth a long wait, and about all the wondrous waypoints on the road.
And, while you`re wandering on that road, why not write a little tune to keep you company. A tune most delicate and hard to catch, but willing to reveal itself once you`ve made your journey, and have almost reached home.”
You can watch the beautiful lyrical video here:
Pre-order or pre-save the new album here: [LINK]
Stream or download ‘The Valley’ here: [LINK]
Watch the video for the first single “Pearl Diving” here: [LINK]
‘II – Those We Don’t Speak Of’ will be available in the following formats that you can now pre-order:
CD digipak
Earbook including CD and 36 booklet art pages
LP red gold
LP red marbled (NB mailorder exclusive, limited to 300)
LP transparent + green marbled (Levykauppa exclusive, limited to 300)
LP white + red marbled (UK exclusive, limited to 300)
LP silver (band shop exclusive, limited to 300)
LP blue marbled (US exclusive, limited to 300)
With a total running time of 50 minutes, the album consists of 10 captivating tracks:
1) Those We Don’t Speak Of
2) The Valley
3) The Duty Of Dust
4) Pearl Diving
5) Kiss The Mountain
6) Light And Flood
7) It Takes Me Places
8) The Long Walk
9) Scattered To The Four Winds
10) Fireside Bard
Line up:
Johanna Kurkela | voices, violin, viola, keys
Tuomas Holopainen | keys & backing voices
Troy Donockley | guitars, bouzouki, mandola, ulleann pipes, low whistles, aerophone, bodhran, voices, keys
Artist photo by Mikko Linnavuori
Press release courtesy of Nuclear Blast Records
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