PRESS RELEASE: Efterklang announce 'Magic Chairs' album and offer free MP3 of album track 'Modern Drift'

[L-R: Rasmus Stolberg, Thomas Husmer, Mads Bauer, Casper Clausen]

Two months after joining the 4AD stable (alongside Bon Iver, The National, St. Vincent and Deerhunter), Efterklang have announced details of Magic Chairs, the band's third full-length studio album and their first for the label.

Slated for release on February 22nd (23rd in N. America), Magic Chairs is Efterklang's most accessible and immediate album to date. Unlike the lengthy gestation of 2007's critically acclaimed Parades ("Dazzling ****" Mojo) that saw the band isolate themselves in their home-town of Copenhagen for more than 18 months, Magic Chairs was a far more organic and close-knit affair and a marked departure for the band in terms of approach and execution.

During brief breaks in touring in early 2009 the four core members of Efterklang began to develop song sketches into more elaborate arrangements in Tel Aviv and Portland with help from members of their seven-piece live band. Taking these songs with them on the road and testing them out on their US tour allowed the band the luxury to fine-tune and hone each new track before returning to Denmark in the spring to begin the task of recording. Engineer-producer Gareth Jones (Nick Cave, Depeche Mode, Wire) was drafted in to mix Magic Chairs in London, another first for the band (Mads Bauer usually oversees the mixing process for Efterklang).

Talking about Magic Chairs the band say "We are very proud of this record and feel that it introduces a new Efterklang sound. The songs draw inspiration from pop song structures, created and recorded with a live approach and we wanted to display every sound source clearly so that the listener can hear every ingredient of the music."

To illustrate this new Efterklang sound, download and listen to opening track 'Modern Drift' here