JFDR returns with new single ‘clouds’ and an album is on the way

Returning with her first single and a soft announcement of a new album, JFDR is back to make everyone have an introspective cry once again. Her album ‘Museum‘ is one of my personal favourites of this decade, as Jófríður (JFDR) delicately unpacked a mysterious world of bubbly synths and hushed vocals. For her new single ‘clouds’, synths are joined by a brushed indie rock setup and some vocoder warbles on the vocals. It evokes a misty landscape and untethered drifting.

The single and the forthcoming album are a meditation on grief. JFDR lost her dog a year and a half ago and, according to her newsletter, “I learned (the hard and only way) what a special kind of loss that is”. Whilst the single is largely airy and numbing, the audio has a grizzled effect that distorts parts of the track. It’s not quite like audio clipping, but it sounds like a similar bleeding treatment that translates audio grief into an audio scrape of discomfort and harshness. It’s one of those songs that sounds quite unassuming on first listen, yet I’ve found myself gently swaying to it on repeat almost immediately.

Whilst there is no official announcement of a forthcoming album, JFDR mentions there is a new collection of songs in her latest newsletter. Whilst we wait for more news, the single ‘clouds’ is out now. For more information, visit JFDR’s website.

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