Iceage lead singer Elias Rønnenfelt is set to release his first album under his given name. Titled Heavy Glory, it’s out October 25th via Escho and features the new single, “No One Else.” Stream it below.
Work on the new album began in the spring of 2022, when Rønnenfelt announced he would play shows anywhere in Europe because he was “sick and tired of not being able to do what I do” during the tail end of the pandemic. While on the road, he would write new songs and play them the next day.
Rønnenfelt later recorded Heavy Glory in Copenhagen, sharing co-producer duties with longtime collaborator Nis Bysted. Danish punk veteran Peter Peter and singers Fauzia and Joanne Robertson contributed to the album.
The acoustic guitar-driven “No One Else” is a wistful, contemplative tune in which Rønnenfelt laments a missed romantic connection: “I’m taking sleeping pills to shut your image out of my mind/ In these memories of daylight I am shutting down the blinds/ Like how your figure is displaying shadow play on my wall/ A figment of her beauty still so ethereal.”
Heavy Glory also includes the lead single “Like Lovers Do.” Pre-orders are ongoing at Bandcamp.
Rønnenfelt previously released two albums outside of Iceage under the moniker Marching Church: This World Is Not Enough and Telling It Like It Is. The last Iceage album, Seek Shelter, dropped in 2021.
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Heavy Glory Tracklist:
01. Like Lovers Do
02. Another Round
03. Doomsday Childsplay
04. Close (feat. Fauzia)
05. No One Else
06. Stalker
07. Worm Grew a Spine
08. Soldier Song (feat. Joanne Robertson)
09. Unarmed
10. River of Madeleine
11. Sound of Confusion (Spaceman 3 cover)
12. No Place to Fall (Townes Van Zandt cover)