{"id":1478,"date":"2010-12-07T11:58:40","date_gmt":"2010-12-07T17:58:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stylusmagazine.ca\/?p=1478"},"modified":"2010-12-07T11:58:40","modified_gmt":"2010-12-07T17:58:40","slug":"review-under-byen-alt-er-tabt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/2010\/12\/07\/review-under-byen-alt-er-tabt\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Under Byen &#8211; Alt Er Tabt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/stylusmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Under_Byen_-_Alt_Er_Tabt.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1483\" title=\"Under_Byen_-_Alt_Er_Tabt\" src=\"http:\/\/stylusmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Under_Byen_-_Alt_Er_Tabt.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThere is something beautiful about the ambient sound of Denmark act Under Byen&#8217;s fourth full length studio release <em>Alt Er Tabt<\/em>. Their  music does not merely reverberate, but instead seeps through the  speakers like an eerie fog of sound. Front-woman Henriette Sennenvaldt&#8217;s  haunting vocals calmly echo against the often relentless beat of bass,  drums, panicky pianos and shrill violins to create a contrasting yet  somehow balanced marriage of song that is both unsettling and  mesmerizing. Like their name and album title, every lyric is in Danish  adding to the English listeners experience by accentuating the emotion  and unique shadowy aura of their music. That being said, this album is  not for everyone or every occasion. It is by no means an easy listen and  could certainly make or break a mood depending on the situation. For  instance, putting on <em>Alt Er Tabt<\/em> would not be the best choice to get people dancing at a party or for  doing anything that would require a high level of energy. A long, quiet  car or bus ride, however, would suit Under Byen&#8217;s music nicely,  especially on a rainy evening. For just a taste of the album try  enchanting track \u201cKapitel 1.\u201d (Paper Bag Records,<a href=\"http:\/\/www.paperbagrecords.com\/\"> www.paperbagrecords.com<\/a>) <strong>Cindy Doyle<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is something beautiful about the ambient sound of Denmark act Under Byen&#8217;s fourth full length studio release Alt Er Tabt. Their music does not merely reverberate, but instead seeps through the speakers like an eerie fog of sound. Front-woman Henriette Sennenvaldt&#8217;s haunting vocals calmly echo against the often relentless beat of bass, drums, panicky [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[1048],"class_list":["post-1478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","tag-under-byen"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1478"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1478\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}