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Einar Stray Orchestra ‘Politricks’ documentary!
Einar Stray Orchestra have released a documentary filmed by Norwegian director Jørgen Nordby.
You can watch it on the Einar Stray Orchestra YouTube channel or via the embed below.
The short movie includes four new tracks from their forthcoming album Politricks, recorded live in their childhood church, Jar Kirke - a fitting venue for the band's orchestral sound, and they are often booked to play in such spaces.
"On the new album there are lyrics that highlight and problematize religion or certain issues about religion," confesses Einar Stray "So at first it felt a bit strange playing churches with these songs"
The video for album title track and single Politricks was premiered on The 405 and you can now watch it on YouTube along with the video for album track 'Pockets Full Of Holes'.
Growing up is one of the album’s main themes, which can be heard from the offset. Politricks begins with eerie eight minute track ‘Honey’ taking you on a journey of darkness and desperation. Second track and single, ’Politricks’, puts childhood beliefs and hero worship under the microscope, telling the story of a transition from innocent youth to the not-so-innocent adult world, dealing with disillusion and perception at the same time. The album then continues its journey, with stripped down tracks such as ‘For The Country’ and ‘Qualia’ introducing a more folk-like sound, not dissimilar to the likes of Iron and Wine and dominated by a heartfelt string section. In contrast, tracks like ‘Pockets Full of Holes’ and ‘Montreal’ reflect the happiness of adolescence with a stunning layering of instruments and unique time signatures.
The album is a tapestry of different emotions and the result of the journey Einar Stray has taken from humble indie beginnings to where they are now, Einar Stray Orchestra - a band with heart and substance, taking their underground status and rising beyond the sum of their parts.
Politricks is released 6th October 2014 via Sinnbus/Rough Trade.