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Beautiful Illusions

by Tor Lundvall

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icastico My favorite of his since Sleeping and Hiding. Lovely.
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F700 Long expected gem from the Master. Tor did it again. Favorite track: Love Song.
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Tom W. Finally. I’ve played «A Dark Place» almost daily since it’s release. One of my favourite albums ever.
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treehandthingy This might be my favorite painting of his. Super excited about the album as well!
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iniquitous_dusk New album is purely ethereal. A ghostly sonic mural that perfectly represents the gloom that resides within the death throes of autumn. This one will resonate with me for a long time. Favorite track: Love Song.
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pif242gmailcom Finally a new album. Tor's music has been with me for so many years. judging by the single this will be another ghost ambient masterpiece.
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1.
Their Souls 03:08
2.
Forever Rain 05:34
Cold, grey, autumn day You always make me feel this way It’s so clear I don’t belong Always singing the same sad song And the leaves are falling down, down, down... falling down again I tried so hard to change my ways To bring some joy into my days But I always return here To the emptiness and fear And the rain is falling down, down, down... falling down again
3.
Drowning 04:46
I walk into the cold, cold blue Follow the lights, the secret lights I see the moon in your black eyes, follow me... Warmer now, I float away Angel wings, down dark below I see the moon in your black eyes, follow me...
4.
Watching catbirds on the deck I haven’t fallen off the ladder yet And though each day feels the same At least I have my dog to keep me sane Dark on dark, black on black, God’s been good to me Sit alone in my chair She reaches out, pretends she cares She never knew me, I’m no one’s pawn I’d rather stare out at the lawn Dark on dark, black on black, God’s been good to me You keep the slithering snakes at bay You keep the vicious harpies away You keep me safe, safe from harm You’ll keep me here ‘til I’m dead and gone Dark on dark, black on black, God’s been good to me
5.
Love Song 04:35
I give you my love I give you my heart
6.
The morning star shines above the trees Four bluebirds fly on the autumn breeze And I’ve waited here, I’ve waited for so long Somehow you were always here, in my heart and soul Four bluebirds fly, your love shines in their eyes Flying so high, in the morning sky
7.
Lonely Boy 04:21
Scared, lonely boy Where are you going to? Lost, lonely boy In the shadow of the moon Blue is the night Blue is the light Blue is your love Blue is your soul
8.
Two Windows 04:29
Evening light, through your window The beautiful colors that you love I see your face, I see your smile Always hoping for brighter days Cold grey light, through my window The empty color I’ve always known I miss the light in your garden I miss the love that broke away

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New York painter and musician Tor Lundvall initially envisioned his 14th album, Beautiful Illusions, as an entirely instrumental affair, “inspired by memories of sitting in a church or cathedral watching the shifting sunlight through stained glass.” Although he ultimately chose to wreath the majority of the tracks with hushed, poetic vocals, his original muse still resonates. These are certainly songs of shadowplay and vaulted skies, the quiet grandeur of dusk deepening on the horizon. Lundvall characterizes the lyrical subject matter, too, in ways both specific and surreal, exploring “the doubts, the anxieties and even the bleak fantasies the mind spirals into during moments of isolation, separation and distance.” Tricks of the eye, mind, and ear, magnified by silence and the looming long winter.

Shivering pulses and muted bass lines tread the twilight while icicle synths and wiry guitar map the melody until the voice enters, narrating oblique moods of essence and absence, tenderness and truth. Glimpses of dark humor flicker in the wordplay but the greater sonic landscape is one of falling leaves and failing light, small gestures rendered as revelation, cloaked in reverb and spatial fog. Lundvall’s mastery of nuance and negative space continues to heighten, whispered brushstrokes of the invisible and the unsaid, what lies beneath and what lies beyond: “Behind the shields and false fronts is usually a sadness. The heartbreaking reflections of what might have been.”

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released December 10, 2021

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American painter and composer on Dais Records.

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