Egil Olsen has love for you too
The say that My Little Pony is the coziest band in Norway, but the coziest Singer-songwriter is definitely our very own superstar, Egil Olsen (not to be confused with the football coach with the same name). Egil writes dreamy and catchy pop songs about love and his hard life as a wannabe superstar.
He first started a band called Uncle’s Institution and released several albums (you can download them for free on his website), but after a trip to the states to find himself, he found the solo artist within. After releasing his beautiful debut album, I am a singer/songwriter in 2007, as well as a hip hop cover-album (freely available for download here), he’s releasing the album Nothing like the love I have for you, which will be out on CD, vinyl and mp3 download on 5. October.
His sound is very acoustic and minimal, and the vocal is somewhat like Thomas Dybdahl if you’d fish out all the darker parts of his singing. It’s really mellow, probably the most light and gentle singing you’ve heard, accompanied by beautiful tones from guitar picking and sometimes a piano or a violin. Imagine your beardy uncle sitting at the tip of your bed with a guitar singing you a lullaby, being careful not to play too loud. That’s Egil Olsen.
Below, you can see the music video for the song “Dot”, and in the player below there, listen to the title track of the new album. Enjoy.
Egil Olsen – Nothing like the love I have for you
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