With anticipation for John Kaada’s upcoming album Closing Statements, the Norwegian composer has shared another new single from the album, “Everything Is An Illusion.” The song is a delicate composition built around the piano, gradually swelling to its dramatic, stirring conclusion.
“It is a composition where I tried to create an illusion of birdwings flying across the piano” says Kaada about the song. “The theme of the album is about humans last moments and their final breaths. When I recorded the piano, I tried to play as lightly as possible, like feathers, like a spirit flying. “The title ‘Everything Is An Illusion’ is taken from the final words of Mata Hari. When facing the firing squad in 1917, the 41 year old woman blew her executioners a kiss. ‘Death is nothing, nor life either, for that matter. To die, to sleep, to pass into nothingness, what does it matter? Everything is an illusion.'”
All of the titles on Closing Statements are taken from the “final last words” of the dying, with titles ranging from the humorous (“Hey Unfair, That Was My Exit,” “It Must Have Been The Coffee”) to the profound (“Everything Is An Illusion,” “Home In The Dark”). The message of the album, according to Kaada, is that in this busy, modern era we need to listen to each other – especially when someone is about to say their last words. “Everything Is An Illusion” follows previously-released songs “Unknown Destination” and “Farewell.”
Closing Statements tracklist:
01. “It Must Have Been The Coffee”
02. “Farewell”
03. “Everything Is An Illusion”
04. “Unknown Destination”
05. “Wonder Out Loud”
06. “On The Contrary”
07. “Useless, Useless”
08. “Clearing Out”
09. “More Light”
10. “Hey Unfair, That Was My Exit”
11. “Home In The Dark”
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