Icelandic singer-songwriter Ăsgeir has long specialised in building small worlds you can sink into - intricate folk-pop, soft electronic detailing and weightless falsetto.
His music sits somewhere between the clarity of modern Americana and the spectral quiet youâd expect from an artist raised among mountains and long winters. Touchpoints span Daniel Lanois and Nick Drake through to Adrianne Lenker, Dina Ăgon and Saya Gray, but the blend feels very much his own.
New single âSugar Cloudsâ stays true to that gentle expansiveness while tugging at something more unsettled. Set in an odd, looping 7/8 time signature, it drifts with a kind of rhythmic imbalance that matches its subject: the restless search for contentment.
âI donât think Iâve ever truly felt that sense of being satisfiedâ, Ăsgeir says. âBut this song imagines what it might feel likeâ.
đ§ Listen to âSugar Cloudsâ below