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Last Light

by Tor Lundvall

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1.
Rust 02:28
2.
The Pond 04:35
The pond outside is frozen still Where we used to play Dull red leaves are falling down Everything is grey You and I are frightened souls Somehow we lost our way Our secrets hide deep in the trees Safely locked away
3.
Daylight falls in your eyes As the years pass you by Dead and gone All your dreams left behind Crippled love, wasted time Dead and gone
4.
Silver Wash 02:22
5.
Last Light 03:40
Soft blue light is falling in Through my window Slowly fading deep within As the wind blows through my room Hear the tall trees whispering From my window Lying here and wondering Where the time goes Scared to make a move or even try So I wait here Fading as the years crawl slowly by Into darkness, far away
6.
Storm 03:28
Rain on the highway, driving alone Sidewalks are empty on the way home Bridges and buildings loom tall and grey Blurred in the mirror, fading away Out on the roadside, flowers and leaves Pale washed colors sway in the breeze Hear distant thunder as the rain falls Across the windshield, concealing it all
7.
Keepers of the morning, fading with the day Walking in the pale light, as they drift away Hear the falling echoes, floating on the tide Thrown across the ocean, calling me inside
8.
Blue Room 03:55
The day is over before it begins A tired ending lost on the wind Through lace curtains grey light falls Dark clouds gather in my soul The web in the corner, black with dust Hangs like a memory filled with rust The lamp on the table, casting light Across pictures of fading life
9.
Standing by the open door I watch with tired eyes Sunlight falling through the trees Another weekend flies Lights shine from the neighbor’s house Beneath a dark blue sky Silence fills the open air Until the cars roll by In the west the sinking sun Slowly waves goodbye Wind chimes ringing on the breeze As the cardinal cries
10.
Cold 03:58
Silver moon, pale and white Staring through the deep blue winter night In the dark, I watch the lights Hanging from my window, shining bright So I wait, as the years Slowly drain the magic and the light And the girl I never loved Haunts me through the dark roads of my life
11.
Still 04:25
By the water, silence grows In the harbor’s empty glow Watch the ship lights out at sea Like a lost friend calling me Shadows frozen where they stand Cold and lifeless on the sand Wrapped in stillness, sleeping soon In the dead light of the moon
12.
Lost At Sea 04:15
13.
Routine 04:35
Rising in the morning, face another day Mind and body aching, feeling cold and grey Sun shines through the window, glowing on the wall Changing by the hour, drifting patterns fall Searching for the beauty, the world has lost its charm Waiting for an angel, to fall into her arms Lead me to the places where the bright leaves fall Far beyond the mountains where the blackbirds call
14.
15.
Standing by the open door I watch the evening light Fading through the emptiness I fall into the night Lights shine from the neighbor’s house Like staring, piercing eyes Droning fills the open air Until the cars pass by The sickle moon stares through the trees In the dark blue sky Lonely voices calling me As the cardinal cries
16.

about

~ First vinyl edition out November 10, 2023 ~

Originally released as a hand-numbered CD on New Year’s Eve of 2004, Last Light captures Tor Lundvall’s hushed songcraft at its most ghostly and grayscale, stripped bare like branches bracing for winter. Initially conceived as “a piano album with sparse electronics” (with the working title November), Lundvall’s palette steadily expanded, incorporating synthesizer, samples, bass, metronomes, and his signature spectral vocals. A journal entry from the spring of 2002 proved formative to his evolving vision: “I remember watching the blueish-grey light shimmering outside and hearing distant sounds echoing far away, eventually sinking into silence and stillness.”

The album’s 12 tracks are steeped in this sense of autumnal transience, of bearing witness to what fades. The music moves in whispered swells, between dirge, drift, and devotional. Synths chime like slow-tolling bells; percussion shuffles and shivers, icy and isolated; bass traces a low-lidded plod – it’s a mode both austere and seductive, lulling the listener into its landscapes of deepening dusk. Lyrically, Lundvall’s language skews observational and depressive (“through lace curtains / grey light falls / dark clouds gather / in my soul”), with each song like a gauzy glimpse into a different tableau framing winter’s descent: rust-colored leaves, frozen ponds, cold crescent moons.

Lundvall has long considered Last Light a “personal favorite” in his discography, and it’s easy to hear why. In texture, finesse, and pacing, it vividly evokes the rare mood of fragile, frosty pastoral noir depicted in his iconic oil paintings. His is an art of the half-seen and half-remembered, of fleeting figures, shapes and shadows, and gathering darkness. Of all that disappears, and the ghosts that never leave: “So I wait / as the years / slowly drain the magic and the light / and the girl / I never loved / haunts me through the dark roads of my life.”

Originally released as a limited CD edition of 955 hand-numbered copies on Strange Fortune in 2004 (SF2). Reissued by Dais Records as part of the 5-CD box set "Structures and Solitude" in 2013 (DAIS052).

ARTIST STATEMENT:
I outlined my earliest ideas for this album in October 2001. My original plan was to record a piano album with sparse electronics. The working title was "November" with the catalogue number EAE006 (later re-assigned to "Insect Wings Volume 1"). I originally wanted the CD artwork to feature details from my Autumn paintings, so trees and rusty leaves would cover the entire package.

The inspiration came six months later, from a journal entry I wrote in April 2002 entitled "Lying in Bed - A Strange Evening". I remember watching the blueish-grey light shimmering outside and hearing distant sounds echoing far away, eventually sinking into silence and stillness.

"Last Light" is a personal favorite and I feel it's one of my strongest releases. The music differs from my previous works in that the vocals are more up front and the compositions are sparser and more austere. There's a lot going on beneath the surface, however. Several tracks are based on specific locations near my home while others describe the changing light in my bedroom at various times during the day. The title was taken from one of my paintings which, curiously enough, does not appear on the sleeve.

Tor Lundvall
January 19th, 2005
(Amended March 2018)

BONUS TRACKS ON 2013 CD / DIGITAL REISSUE:
The 2nd edition of "Last Light" features an early, quieter mix of 'Sunday Evening' with alternate lyrics plus an instrumental version of 'Soft Bipolarity'. The reissue also contains the out-take 'Routine' and the alternate take 'Lost at Sea 2' which were previously released on my "Ghost Years" retrospective CD. I decided to include these tracks again so all recordings from the period are gathered together in one place. 'Routine' was also mastered directly from my digital 8-track, so the sound quality is richer and warmer than the previous "Ghost Years" DAT transfer.

Tor Lundvall
September 12th, 2013

credits

released December 31, 2004

Recorded between May 2002 and November 2003 except track 12 Recorded December 1999 and track 16 recorded February 2000.

Artwork and Design by Tor Lundvall.

Mastered by Kurt Lundvall.

© Tor Lundvall, Eternal Autumn Editions (ASCAP).

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American painter and composer on Dais Records.

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