We haven’t heard from Old Amica since back in 2014, when they released two really nice albums, Fabula and Drone and Hum, which we described as “intimate and heartfelt music…[that takes] the fundamentals of folk and sends them spinning through a filter of shimmering electronics”.
We were therefore very pleased to hear that the duo, based between Umeå and Stockholm in Sweden, are back with a brand new single, ‘Condensation’. The track is a great example of what Old Amica do best, lush layered electronics gild gentle vocals and a steady pulsing drum beat. It has a decidedly yearning feeling, but isn’t necessarily a totally sad song, a point highlighted by its warm, fuzzy undertones.
The song comes complete with a beautiful video, comprised of Super 8 footage found by Johan from the band when he visited his childhood home last Christmas, filmed by his late father when he arrived in Sweden back in the 70s. Watching the images feels like looking at memories themselves, ethereal footage of lonely gulls and blazing sunsets and lines of wandering reindeer providing the perfect backdrop to the song’s wistful dreaminess.
You can get ‘Condensation’ now from the Old Amica Bandcamp page.