Ásgeir - Until Daybreak | The Wild Honey Pie Buzzsession

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Ásgeir records his original song, “Until Daybreak,” in quarantine in Iceland during the COVID-19 pandemic. Buzzsessions are performance music videos produced by The Wild Honey Pie. With each new episode, we capture footage of our favorite bands as they record alternate studio quality versions of their songs.

Ásgeir treats our ears to soaring vocals and intimate piano on this “home video” Buzzsession, filmed in his home country of Iceland. “Until Daybreak” appears on his newest album, Bury The Moon, complete with electronic effects and funky bass and drum accompaniment, but here he takes it back to basics—solo piano and voice—and the result is all the more poignant for it. Ásgeir’sconfident falsetto has always been one of his foremost musical powers, and it’s also showcased prominently in his cover of “Hope There’s Someone” by Antony & The Johnson, the former project of operatic and affecting singer-songwriter ANOHNI. Ásgeir’s performance of the track is not only an admirable rendition of a nearly impossible vocal exercise written by a living legend, but it’s also an emotional and contemplative journey into his own personal vulnerabilities.

Produced by Eric Weiner
Edited by Marcello Ramirez
Titles by Alonso Ruiz
Words by Karl Snyder