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*This is a rescheduled date. All tickets originally purchased for January 21 will be honored. Please email [email protected] with any questions*Doors: 730PM | Show: 830PM // 17+
Tickets: $20-40
Eivør Pálsdóttir is an artist perfectly attuned to the savage vicissitudes of nature. Born & raised in Syðrugøta (population: 453), a tiny community on one of the northerly Faroe Islands, the singer-songwriter grew up surrounded by a harsh, windswept landscape and the North Atlantic, a rugged backdrop that has, unsurprisingly, deeply influenced her music. Songs such as ‘Tides’, ‘Fog Banks’, ‘Waves And The Wind’ tied themes like love and growing old to the primitive environment of her youth; she wrote ‘Into The Mist’ (from her widely praised 2017 UK debut, ‘Slør’) about getting lost on a local mountain, Støðlafjall.
Forthcoming record, Segl - Eivør’s ninth studio album, since releasing her debut at just 17 - builds on these motifs, exploring the journeys we undertake as humans, both metaphorically and physically. The title – meaning ‘sail’ in Faroese – alludes to our desire for growth and direction, and the role that fate plays in both.
Eivør first immersed herself in music aged 13, fronting a trip-hop band after discovering seminal albums by Massive Attack and Portishead when they reached The Faroes. Gigs soon followed, including some held afloat, in pitch-black darkness, inside a huge cave on the island of Hestur. At 16, she quit school to move alone to Iceland to further her musical ambitions, releasing her self-titled debut album and relocating to Reykjavik to pursue classical singing training. Her ambition was matched by success – two acclaimed albums followed soon after, and she has since won the Icelandic Music Prize (with her album ‘Krákan’, meaning ‘the crow’), the first-non Icelandic artist to do so, not once, but twice.
This led to international recognition, and a number of opportunities. A move to Copenhagen, sync spots for her music across TV and film, including Homeland, Silence, The Last Kingdom & Game Of Thrones and the approval of contemporaries including John Grant and Ásgeir are all testament to the power and appeal of her music. Even the world of video games is not immune to her charms; Eivør collaborated on the soundtrack for Metal Gear Solid and appeared at Los Angeles’ E3 international gaming event in 2016, performing to a global audience of 50 million at the launch of God Of War. Such itinerant tendencies, both in her life and her work, have bled into her music and how she creates; Segl, and the record’s longer gestation period, are no different.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Thalia Hall, 1807 S Allport St,Chicago,IL,United States
Tickets
USD 20