Also, James Blake’s debut album was a turning point for me. Speaking about key musical influences Haldor explains: “Everyone in the band loves Radiohead. While project founders Halvor and Line have long been admirers of each other’s music, their first love was for English supers, Radiohead. The current line up has been playing and recording together for some time now and the ‘Years’ EP is a testament not just to their tightness as a unit, but to their relative ease with each other as a musical partnership. While Halvor does most of the composing, lyrics and vocal arrangements are down to Line, with the remaining instrumental duties being picked up by the other three members.

Hailing from Notodden, in the southern Norwegian municipality of Telemark, this group of young, upcoming musicians have known each other for most of their lives. Like shifting sands, the line up is made up of whoever is involved with the latest collaborative work its current make up is Trym Gjermundbo, Øyvind Mathisen, and Sarah Nordal Strand. Swanlike is the moniker for a project of moving parts, headed up by Halvor and Line. It’s quite the pleasure to bring you their new EP, ‘ Years‘, a veritable sparkling treasure chest containing four diverse, thought-provoking and moving compositions. After a long silence on her part, and much “patience” on mine, sorry couldn’t resist, Line is making a much welcome return in the company of her long-term collaborator and cousin Halvor Nordal Strand, with their Swanlike music project.

It’s been over a year since I first stumbled upon the impossibly talented Norwegian music artist Line Kasa.

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