{"id":16361,"date":"2024-04-30T22:47:49","date_gmt":"2024-04-30T21:47:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eyeplug.net\/magazine\/?p=16361"},"modified":"2024-07-26T14:20:25","modified_gmt":"2024-07-26T13:20:25","slug":"the-third-sound-most-perfect-solitude","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eyeplug.net\/magazine\/the-third-sound-most-perfect-solitude\/","title":{"rendered":"The Third Sound &#8216;Most Perfect Solitude&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hakon Adalsteinsson has been pursuing his musical vision over a number of years via a number of different bands and central to it has been <a href=\"https:\/\/thethirdsound2.bandcamp.com\/\">The Third Sound<\/a>, who have released 6 albums so far and created a unique and recognisable sound and style.<\/p>\n<p>Latest album \u2018Most Perfect Solitude\u2019, again on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/FuzzClubRecords\">Fuzz Club<\/a> records, fits perfectly within that sonic vision but at the same time introduces new dimensions to the sound and feel. This album casts a much brighter shadow and at times feels more upbeat \u2026but never fear there are still deep dark moments\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Current single \u2018On Returning\u2019 typifies the more radiant touch, still misted with a slight melancholy but shimmering and more positive in feel, an inspiring dreamy wash of sound. \u2018Another Time Another Place\u2019 complements it, jangly kaleidoscopic dream pop full of hope and dreams. On tracks like these they are at their most exuberant and energised.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Third Sound - On Returning (Official Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6X26ZlmpMDc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u2018Catch Fire\u2019 and \u2018Veiled\u2019 sit well together; both are timeless stirring epics, doomed love songs with a cinematic edge that can transport you to another place. There are of course darker, more traditionally post punk elements but even they have a new twist; \u2018Don\u2019t Look Back\u2019 is a mid-paced bass driven keyboard infused burner, wounded but uplifting with an almost mid-80s velvet and paisley goth pop feel. \u2018Shooting Star\u2019 goes even further into that territory and takes the soaring psychedelia down to another place, buried in shadows and dominated by a heroic bass line and searing ascending guitar. \u2018Wasteland\u2019 wallows in more familiar decadent Third Sound territory, grinding guitars and pounding drums; a narcotic claustrophobic haze\u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eyeplug.net\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Cover-3000x3000px-scaled.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[16361]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-16362\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eyeplug.net\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Cover-3000x3000px-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" data-wp-pid=\"16362\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eyeplug.net\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Cover-3000x3000px-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.eyeplug.net\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Cover-3000x3000px-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.eyeplug.net\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Cover-3000x3000px-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.eyeplug.net\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Cover-3000x3000px-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.eyeplug.net\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Cover-3000x3000px-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.eyeplug.net\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Cover-3000x3000px-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.eyeplug.net\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Cover-3000x3000px-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.eyeplug.net\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Cover-3000x3000px-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.eyeplug.net\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Cover-3000x3000px-1200x1200.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The band seem to have emerged from the depths into a (slightly!) brighter place; there\u2019s a real variety on this album \u2013 from trademark evocative post punk to flourishing psychedelic pop and rousing goth pop but also faint whispers of country and folk floating almost out of reach. That might all sound a bit too eclectic, but with Hakon\u2019s distinctive baritone vocal style it is all unmistakeably The Third Sound, and all hangs together beautifully. It is drenched in that special grandeur that they seem to bring to every album, a unique downbeat melancholy that somehow gives strength and feels purifying. They\u2019ve put out a lot of great music over the last decade and a half, but for me this is the best one yet\u2026 and it almost sounds like they\u2019re having fun. Almost!<\/p>\n<p>Lots of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/thethirdsoundband\">tour dates<\/a> coming up in Europe soon &#8211; time to head for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1244235842914772\">Fuzz Club Eindhoven<\/a> right now! &#8211; and the UK later in the year.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/garypowell2323\/\">Gary Powell<\/a>, May 2024<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hakon Adalsteinsson has been pursuing his musical vision over a number of years via a number of different bands and central to it has been The Third Sound, who have released 6 albums so far and created a unique and recognisable sound and style. Latest album \u2018Most Perfect Solitude\u2019, again on Fuzz Club records, fits &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":16363,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1438,94,88,71,92,1063,74],"tags":[1559,1558,1556,1553,1528,1520,1513,1515,1436,1428,1066],"series":[],"class_list":["post-16361","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bands","category-cult","category-indie","category-music","category-post-punk","category-psychedelic","category-reviews","tag-the-third-sound","tag-brian-jonestown-massacre","tag-lp-review","tag-neo-psychedelia","tag-berlin","tag-album","tag-album-review","tag-psych","tag-post-punk","tag-fuzz-club","tag-psychedelia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eyeplug.net\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16361","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eyeplug.net\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eyeplug.net\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eyeplug.net\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/41"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eyeplug.net\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16361"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.eyeplug.net\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16361\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16390,"href":"https:\/\/www.eyeplug.net\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16361\/revisions\/16390"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eyeplug.net\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16363"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eyeplug.net\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eyeplug.net\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eyeplug.net\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16361"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eyeplug.net\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=16361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}