MICHAEL PETER OLSEN // SO FAR SO GOOD (VIDEO) NARRATIVE OF A NERVOUS SYSTEM (ALBUM)
MICHAEL PETER OLSEN announces new album Narrative Of A Nervous System, releasing October 27th on Hand Drawn Dracula. This is the follow-up to the composer and Grammy-nominated songwriter’s electric cello-based full-length Yearning Flow, described as “evocative, experimental, and emotional” by American Songwriter. On his upcoming album, Olsen continues to stretch the limits of the electric cello, subverting expectations of what the instrument can be.
Along with the announcement comes a single and video, “So Far So Good.” The song is a work of sound art that continues Olsen’s exploration of post-modernist styles. By skillfully blending acoustic and heavily altered electric cello sounds, Olsen creates a swirling, pointillistic landscape that conveys a sense of endlessness and forward momentum. The piece is aptly named, as it explores the idea of persisting through the uncertainties and lack of resolution that life often presents.
The accompanying animated video by digital artist Shawn Chiki celebrates the persistence and resilience of life at a cellular level through this continuous optimistic crescendo. It pays homage to mitosis and the aesthetic of multiplying cells under a microscope. Cells and colors bend, compound, and create waves that flow and evolve from micro-moments into a rainbow infinity, morphing and adapting to each other.
Narrative Of A Nervous System, with guest features from Owen Pallett, Màiri Chaimbeul, alaska B, and Zoon, is pressed on a limited deluxe edition 180g blood red in clear vinyl with satin finish gatefold jacket.
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TOUR DATES
8/07 Peoperland, Okayama, Japan
8/08 Toonice, Takamatsu, Japan
8/11 Nishi Ogikubo – Flat, Tokyo, Japan
9/08 Bergen, Norway – BergenKjott
9/09 Knarvik, Norway – Nattkafe i Knarvik
9/10-17 Stockholm, Sweden – EMS Residency
9/12 Stockholm, Sweden – Larry’s Corner *
9/21 Ry, Denmark – Gnisten *
9/22 Copenhagen, Denmark – Thorvaldsends Museum *
9/24 Aarhus, Denmark – Turkis *
9/29 Montreal, CA – POP Montreal / La Sottorenea
* w/ Troels Abrahamsen
