Einar Stray Orchestra - For The Country - 12"EP How Do We Stay Here Schlaf is music for friends

Schlaf is music for friends of very quiet catharsis

and inspiration brought Close Talker back into the studio

directly into people's hearts

who passed away during the sessions

the fallacies of power and the weight of impermanence are translated into the language of liquid pop which wears its influences deftly and proudly

Einar Stray Orchestra - For The Country - 12"EP How Do We Stay Here Schlaf is music for friendsThe title song, the core: a barely lying, oppressive statement. In its radical reduction the completely a capella sung piece is almost a drastic antithesis to the usually bigger arranged, extensive and dreamy compositions of Einar Stray Orchestra. Its almost a retreat facing elusive violence and destruction on this planet, for which one can hardly find words, except for naming them unadorned."For The Country" was produced by Sjur Lyseid, who was also