Swedish progressive rock/metal band Katatonia has released a lyric video for their track “Old Heart Falls”, which comes from their upcoming album The Fall of Hearts (out May 20th via Peaceville Records).
The song is, as one expects from Katatonia, a beautiful yet melancholic track. There are some new approaches that haven’t been done before by the group yet feel like a totally natural progression. Vocalist Jonas Renske explains, “A song with lush textures, distinct dynamics and a memorable chorus are the trademarks to some of the most beloved Katatonia songs. ‘Old Heart Falls’ substantiates all of those attributes, but is not by any means defining the album as a whole. There is more to come…”
Guitarist Anders Nyström adds:
Knowing we didn’t want another ‘font circus’ with all these words and letters competing in Olympic acrobatics, we decided to make it extremely simple but also very real… 30 years ago when we were active in the underground tape-trading scene, there were no computers around, so we had to write all our letters by hand, or when feeling extra motivated, we used a typewriter. I clearly remember writing letters on a typewriter with a ribbon directly to paper created a special feeling that no computer would ever emulate. So determined to bring back this feeling for a brief couple of minutes, we passed on our idea to our talented friend Lasse Hoile who made sure this beautiful Royal typewriter served a final purpose before crawling all the way back to the start, returning to dust…
Pre-orders for The Fall of Hearts can be found over at Burning Shed.