Live Review: LISTEN: Low Roar 'I'm Leaving'

Previously performing in the pop-rock  AUDRYE SESSIONS, 2010 saw Karazija parting ways with both the band and his hometown of California, for the pictureque Reykjavík where his current project, LOW ROAR, was born.

Of course like many other acts that have come to represent the Icelandic music scene (SIGUR ROS, BJORK and more recently ASGEIR just to name a few), LOW ROAR thrived off its whimsical, acoustic-folk vibes much like its other Icelandic musical predecessors has.

It was in his new-found hometown that he recorded the 2011 Low Roar album, which was followed with praise from music blogs globally. Now, Karazija follows his last month's release 'I'll Keep Coming', with the new single 'I'm Leaving'.

With each twinkling key and guitar string struck, 'I'm Leaving' is equal parts heartbreaking as it is reassuring. Karazija 's voice drifts and caresses over the whole arrangement with the tune's ebb and flow of military-esque percussion. With his second album, 0, underway for release on July 8, it can only be anticipated and assumed to be as melancholically beautiful as his current body of work.

Words by Alean Penaflor

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