Firewoodisland – New EP

Firewoodisland

When asked to describe their music Firewoodisland struggle to find a specific genre they feel fits. It is their own atmospheric, melancholic but redemptive take on modern pop and they have their own name for it – Mountain Pop.

What started its life as a solo project for Norwegian student Stian Vedøy – while he was studying for his Masters in Music Production in Cardiff – became a coming together of fellow like-minded musicians. A regional win in Norway’s Bandwagon Battle of the Bands in 2013 saw the project become a full band and their debut EP ILD followed.

Their second EP, Dome, is the next installment of the five piece’s own brand of pop music. The five tracks are a collection of stories from different realms of the imagination, all tied together with cerebral lyrics, tight harmonies, soaring melodies and a Norwegian effortlessness.

The now Bristol-based Firewoodisland are Stian Vedøy (lead vocals, guitar, keyboards), Abi Eleri (vocals, percussion, samples), Steve Allen (drums), Rowan Blake Talbot (bass) and Dylan Jones (trumpet, keyboards, guitar).

The band will be launching the Dome EP with a series of special gigs across the UK this spring, in London, Bath and Cardiff and Bristol. For details please head to their website.

‘Dome’ – official video: