Jonsi and Alex Somers surprise fans with the release of a new album, Lost and Found. Today (October 11) marks the ten year anniversary of their debut project, Riceboy Sleeps, which ranked number one on the Billboard Top New Age Albums in 2009. So it only seemed fitting that the pair released what they describe as a “sibling album” to Riceboy Sleeps. Somers then goes on to describe Lost and Found as an album that, “falls somewhere between what was, what is, and what will be. Tape experiments, modular synth processing, and acoustic soundscapes drift in and out of focus. Sound friends that you may have heard or seen before appear; familiar, but different.”
He goes on to say that although the two albums have no linear relationship, Lost and Found treats their debut project as a place to begin, it finds moments from the first album to open up on and elaborate. In addition to the reissuing of Riceboy Sleeps and their surprise album, the duo is also continuing their North American Riceboy Sleeps Orchestral Tour. The tour will stop along the west coast of the united States before making its way to Toronto and finally finishing up in New York. Tickets for the events can be purchased here.
Alex Somers is a visual artist and musician born in Baltimore, Maryland. He attended Berklee College of Music before continuing his musical education at the Iceland Universality of Arts. Somers currently owns and runs his own studio in downtown Reykjavík, he has been Producing, engineering, and mixing here since 2010. He has collaborated with a number of American and Icelandic acts such as Sigur Rós, Jónsi, Julianna Barwick, Briana Marela, Death Vessel, Sin Fang, Pascal Pinon. It was working with the band Sigur Rós where he met his partner, Jónsi.
1. Hundslappadrífa
2. Boy
3. Stokkseyrar-Dísa
4. Sleeping Summer
5. In The Sea (Drowned)
6. Wind In Our Ears
10/11 – Seattle, WA – Paramount Theater
10/14 – San Francisco, CA – Golden Gate Theater
10/15 – Los Angeles, CA – Orpheum Theater
10/18 – Denver, CO – Paramount Theater
10/21 – Chicago, IL – Copernicus Center
10/23 – Montreal, QC – Théâtre Maisonneuve
10/25 – Toronto, ON – Queen Elizabeth Theater
10/28 – Washington, DC – Lincoln Theater
10/30 – Boston, MA – Wilbur Theater
10/31 – Brooklyn, NY – Kings Theater
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