Album Preview: U137 "Adam Forever / The Great Leap"

Swedish post-rock duo U137 blew listeners away with it's 2013 debut Dreamer On The Run (the album currently has 40+ Million plays on Spotify alone) offering a unique combination of sounds glowing with fresh energy, diversity and originality. Despite the deceptive simplicity and immediate familiarity of the music, on closer inspection you will find that each U137 song is skillfully arranged with a soothing, soaring, sweeping complexity and self-disciplined intricacy that together form a blissful and recognizably human score to any relevant matter. With the aim of generating a feeling of pure euphoria in the listener, succeed they do...on every level. This is no doubt Scandinavian artistry at the highest level. Fans have eagerly awaited new music from U137 and that wait has ended with the forthcoming release of Adam Forever / The Great Leap. (DER-578) "When a soldier of The Arts has fallen...great tragedy and loss rule the day. But their presence, made eminent through their artistic manifestations, will remain in our hearts and in our souls and in our bones for all our days. You will be missed. Rest in Peace Adam and may you dine with the Rock Gods for all time." - AndroidDreaming With a very heavy heart, we regretfully share that after a tumultuous struggle with depression and substance abuse, the world lost 27 year old band member Adam Tornblad on May 8, 2017. "I knew Adam since I was two years old. We started to make music together in our early teens in a band that would later be named Moonlit Sailor. An amazingly smart and talented guy, Adam has always been my best friend and we were always very close to each other. He had a beautiful mind and he created the most beautiful melodies with it. Unfortunately, with a beautiful and smart mind often comes a much darker side. Adam is in a much more beautiful place now and I'm longing to see him in the future when I get there. Writing Adam Forever was very difficult but also provided me with some much needed therapy. The feeling and sound in this song is my love for Adam. I wrote it for him. Both songs give you a good idea of what the next U137 album will sound like. This is not the end of U137, but a new beginning," says band member Oscar Gulbrandsen.