Altid Sammen

Danish trio return from hiatus with a stripped-back new LP that shows they have room yet to grow

Known for their neo-classical, experimental post-rock, Danish trio Efterklang reached a career high with their ambitious fourth album, 2012's Piramida, an icy masterstroke rooted in eerie, field-recorded sounds the band captured at a deserted Russian settlement on a remote Norwegian island near the North Pole.

There's bound to be at least one person who initially mistakes the first few bars of Efterklang's latest album, Altid Sammen, as the work of...

Altid Sammen’ (translating to “always together”) is the fifth album from Danish band Efterklang, and their first release in seven years.

Efterklang's new album Altid Sammen lacks in a certain edge, despite being close to the glitch-laden melancholia of the group’s 2004 debut Tripper.