Agnes Obel: new single and video out today | new album “Myopia” Feb 21st

Following the same principles as her previous albums (Philharmonics, Aventine and Citizen Of Glass), which Obel completed as a one-woman project in her own Berlin home studio). Obel has been under self-imposed creative isolation with the removal of all outside influences and distraction in the writing, recording and mixing process. “The albums I’ve worked on have all required that I build a bubble of some kind in which everything becomes about the album.”

“For me the production is intertwined with the lyrics and story behind the songs” says Obel. This is precisely what makes her music so compelling and the same is true with Myopia. “Paradoxically, for me I need to create my own myopia to make music.” Obel was experimenting with techniques of recording processing, warping and pitching down vocals, strings, piano, celesta and lutheal piano. Finding ways to melt these elements together to become one and twisting them in a way that you feel at home within the sound Obel conjures throughout the record.

The official music video to accompany Broken Sleep – is also released today (WATCH HERE).

Created by long-term collaborator and partner Alex Brüel Flagstad, the video accompanies the themes within the album perfectly and continuously follows on from the Island Of Doom video, released in October 2019.

Agnes Obel will be playing shows across Europe and North America in 2020. More touring to be announced soon...

Agnes Obel 2020 Tour Dates

• Jan 16: Brooklyn, NY, National Sawdust SOLD OUT
• Jan 17: Brooklyn, NY, National Sawdust SOLD OUT
• Jan 23: Los Angeles, CA, Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever SOLD OUT
• Jan 24: Los Angeles, CA, Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever SOLD OUT
• Feb 21: London, Rough Trade (In-Store Performance) SOLD OUT
• Feb 24: Oslo, Sentrum Scene
• Feb 25: Stockholm, Gota Lejon
• Feb 26: Copenhagen, KB Hallen
• Feb 27: Copenhagen, KB Hallen
• Feb 29: Cologne, Carlswerk Victoria SOLD OUT
• Mar 01: Mannheim, Capitol SOLD OUT
• Mar 02: Hamburg, Laeiszhalle
• Mar 04: Vienna, Arena
• Mar 05: Zurich, Samsung Hall
• Mar 06: Lausanne, Metropole
• Mar 09: Prague, Hybernia Theatre SOLD OUT
• Mar 11: Groningen, Oosterpoort
• Mar 12: Utrecht, TivoliVredenburg SOLD OUT
• Mar 13: Tilburg, 013
• Mar 15: Warsaw, Progresja SOLD OUT
• Mar 16: Berlin, Admiralspalast SOLD OUT
• Mar 17: Munich, St Matthaus Kirche SOLD OUT
• Mar 19: Nantes, Cite Des Congres SOLD OUT
• Mar 20: Paris, Seine Musicale SOLD OUT
• Mar 21: Luxembourg, Den Atelier SOLD OUT
• Mar 23: Brussels, Cirque Royal SOLD OUT
• Mar 25: Bayonne, Theatre Quintaou SOLD OUT
• Mar 26: Madrid, Teatro Lara SOLD OUT
• Mar 27: Barcelona, Sala Barts
• Mar 29: Dublin, Vicar Street
• Mar 31: Manchester, Bridgewater Hall
• Apr 01: Edinburgh, Queens Hall
• Apr 02: Glasgow, Academy
• Apr 04: Whitley Bay, Playhouse
• Apr 05: Cambridge, Corn Exchange
• Apr 06: Birmingham, Symphony Hall
• Apr 08: Salisbury, City Hall
• Apr 09: London, Eventim Apollo
• Apr 17: Philadelphia, PA, The Met Philadelphia (with Dead Can Dance)
• Apr 19: Washington, DC, The Anthem (with Dead Can Dance)
• Apr 21: New York City, NY, Radio City Music Hall (with Dead Can Dance)
• Apr 23: Montreal, QC, Maison Symphonique
• Apr 24: Boston, MA, Boch Center (with Dead Can Dance)
• Apr 26: Toronto, ON, Meridian Hall (with Dead Can Dance)
• Apr 28: Detroit, MI, Masonic Temple (with Dead Can Dance)
• Apr 29: Chicago, IL, The Chicago Theatre (with Dead Can Dance)
• May 01: Denver, CO, The Mission Ballroom (with Dead Can Dance)
• May 03: Seattle, WA, Paramount Theatre (with Dead Can Dance) SOLD OUT
• May 04: Vancouver, BC, Orpheum Theatre (with Dead Can Dance)
• May 05: Portland, OR, Aladdin Theater
• May 07: San Francisco, CA, The Masonic (with Dead Can Dance) SOLD OUT
• May 08: Pioneertown, CA, Pappy & Harriet’s
• May 09: Los Angeles, CA, Greek Theatre (with Dead Can Dance)
• May 11: San Diego, CA, San Diego Civic Theatre (with Dead Can Dance)
• May 12: Santa Barbara, CA, Santa Barbara Bowl (with Dead Can Dance)
• May 14: Mexico City, MX, Auditorio Nacional (with Dead Can Dance)
• July 29: Freiburg, Zelt Musik Festival

LISTEN TO BROKEN SLEEP HERE.