Danish rock band Summons releases video for ‘Heavy Weight’ from forthcoming EP

After many years of hiatus, reformed Danish band SUMMONS returns with the EP ‘Past is Now Now is Past’, which in its both grandiose and intimate alt-rock compositions explores personal fragments of the past and how they are seen, understood, and felt now, so many years later.

‘Past is Now Now is Past’ is set to be released November 24th 2023 on digital formats and February 3rd 2024 on vinyl via Audible Records. Last week, the band shared the single ‘Heavy Weight’, which is the first released music from the band in 27 years. The single is now accompanied by a music video created by visual artist Morten Grønnegaard (Rising, Melan Tropic o.a), who is also responsible for the EP artwork.

Singer and lyricist Carsten Mørch-Bentzen elaborates on the song: "’Heavy Weight’ deals with the negative space one can get trapped in - the space where you can't see any way out, the space where there is no light. For some, this condition can become so permanent that it becomes a lifelong companion. "Heavy Weight" wants to get us out of the darkness, out of the past, and into a brighter future. The lyrics are written to a close friend.”

Watch SUMMONS’ new video for ‘Heavy Weight’: SUMMONS - Heavy Weight (Official Video) - YouTube

SUMMONS was originally formed in 1990 during the members’ early teenage years, and until its dissolution in 1997, the band recorded five EPs and played numerous concerts. After the band disbanded, the friendships persisted over the years, while the members pursued various and diverse musical expressions and paths through life.

During a shared trip to Moen in November 2022, two new songs emerged almost out of nowhere, unexpectedly and effortlessly, as if no time had passed since then. As the new music was realized in a rehearsal space, more songs arose, leading to a situation that none of those involved had quite anticipated - the desire and urge to be a band again.

Out of this renewed inspiration, a total of five songs were born, now constituting ‘Past is Now Now is Past’. All the EP's tracks have a distinctive melodiousness, melancholy, and exploratory nature at their core, with forays into more ambient and dreamy soundscapes, as in 'Water', where SUMMONS delves deep into a captivating and undiscovered underworld.

‘Past is Now Now is Past’ was recorded live in the studio in collaboration with producer Morten Bue (Diefenbach, Figurines, I Got You On Tape a.o.). Bue captured SUMMONS' energy as a rock band as well as the nuances of the songwriting, creating a resonant, dynamic expression staying true to the band's desire to create an EP that one can feel and be moved by.

The EP’s lyrics are built on fragments of memories from the past seen through the existential prism of the now-adult individual. The five band members shared a childhood and youth, and in the present, all these experiences come together in a unified artistic expression simultaneously retrospective and forward-looking, as illustrated in the EP's ambiguous title.