ULVER - Neverland - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Neverland, the fourteenth studio album by ULVER is the sound of an escape. A journey into undiscovered lands. Following three albums - InchThe Assassination of Julius CaesarInch (2017), InchFlowers of EvilInch (2020), and InchLiminal AnimalsInch (2024) - rooted in more traditional song and production structures, InchNeverlandInch marks a new chapter in the revered Oslo band's history. InchWith 'Neverland' we embraced a more 'punk' spirit - more dreaming, less discipline - freer, quite simplyInch, the band comments on the creative process behind the album. Bursts of daybreak synths and whooshes of sound set the atmosphere, before the wolves start digging into the dynamics of ambient calm and anarchic mysticism. Dreamy and transportive textures develop into trippy percussive energies, and as the album unfolds, a rich and vibrant, and at times exotic space opens. Apart from a few recurring distant voices and vocal chops, InchNeverlandInch is a largely instrumental record, reminiscent of the mood and structure of that place where late '90s IDM sounds met the meandering structures of post-rock. The ghost of premillennial sample culture surely haunts InchNeverlandInch, and some might even hear echoes from earlier acclaimed works like InchPerdition CityInch (2000), or the InchSilenceInch EPs (2001), or more recently InchATGCLVLSSCAPInch (2016). Still, InchNeverlandInch sounds and feels like something else, something fresh in ULVER's continuous journey of perennial reinvention. Pop music from in-between worlds? A sonic hallucination? Or better a collage of dreams. It's up to you. Album Tracks 1. Fear in a Handful of Dust 2. Elephant Trunk 3. Weeping Stone 4. People of the Hills 5. They're Coming! the Birds! 6. Hark! Hark! the Dogs Do Bark 7. Horses of the Plough 8. Pandora's Box 9. Quivers in the Marrow 10. Welcome to the Jungle 11. Fire in the End