Maltese minimal dark-folk duo Tryst Arcane share music video for “LURA” off their ‘Sun of Other Days’ album

Sun of Other Days brings together the Maltese minimal dark duo Tryst Arcane and their compatriot Emanuel Portelli, the acclaimed guitarist who is a part of acts such as Victims of Creation, Hemplifier, Thy Legion, and Animamortua. Set for 11 August digitally, the album will have a vinyl release later this year.

As the first preview from this cinematic dark-folk/post-rock collaboration, the collective streams the evocative “LURA,” which accompanies a music video visualizing the song’s theme. The album’s only track to be sung entirely in the band’s native language, “LURA,” is composed of a relatively conventional song structure, unlike the album’s other interrelated, loose, and lengthy songs.

Informs Tryst Arcane:

“‘LURA,’ with its accompanying moving music video (on Youtube), reminisces about childhood summer days spent with friends and loved ones who are no longer with us. This song is a homage to their memory while expressing deeply the wish to meet again by living a space-time shift, like a magical journey with the hope to actively relive the experience of moments now only found stored in our memories. The lyrics were written by Alexia and Luciano Schembri who both lost their respective brothers who passed on before their time.

“For the duo and their guest guitarist Emanuel, the island’s seashore was part of their childhood’s daily panorama where every family would have their favourite spot by the sea, and where memories of their youth belong. It came naturally for the band to be inspired to write music which represents a typical Maltese summer of their youth and setting it as its core theme for this album.”

Find “LURA” on your preferred streaming/digital platforms AT THIS LOCATION and PRE-ORDER the album on BANDCAMP.

Watch the Music Video for “LURA”.

Track Listing:

1. Sun of Other Days

2. August Reveries

3. Dissolution

4. Through Dimensions, Through Horizons

5. LURA