Description

Bella Union announce Heba, the debut album by hotly-tipped Danish quintet Lowly as uniquely sensual, rhythmic and mesmerising a brand of modern pop as youll hear in 2017: restlessly inventive, exquisitely melodic and defying easy categorisation.

The band describe their music as noise-pop, and everything in between. In this case, noise refers to the textures and treatments that the quintet mould from synths, laptop and guitar, which give Lowlys spacious songs unpredictable, shape-shifting qualities, iced by Nanna Schannong and Soffie Viemoses radiant voices, all brilliantly layered by the band and co-producer Anders Boll, Efterklangs long-trusted engineer / soundman.

Lowly first met at the musical academy in Aarhus, Denmark, with Staub alongside Schannong (lead vocals, guitar), Soffie Viemose (lead vocals, laptop), Thomas Lund (bass, Moog) and Steffen Lundtoft (drums, percussion). Despite all five studying different subjects and having their own bands on the go, and having very different tastes (the only band they can agree on is Radiohead), they quickly found an enviable chemistry. Though we were not trying hard, Lowly slowly took over, Staub recalls. It was just fun and felt so easy, and inspiring.

Two independently released singles found their way outside of Denmark, inspiring The Guardian to include Lowly in a Five Must-Listen New Tracks From Around The World round-up, while The Line Of Best Fit swooned to an idyllic, height of summer sonic landscape total bliss Nordic pop does not get bigger.

Vinyl format includes digital download code.