Tears & Laughter
Tears & Laughter is Norwegian singer-songwriter Bendik Finborud's first album. Ranging from soft and acoustic to raw and brutal, the album explores grief and heartbreak.
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​For the past few years, this grief has been the subject of his music however, he says:
“I think Tears & Laughter might be the ending to that long exploration of grief.”
Have a listen to it here:
About
Where Norway’s inhospitable winter meets the US’ searing folk tradition, we find Bendik Finborud. (25) The young songwriter plays intimate folk pop with lyrics about life as a hopeful, love craving young man.
In 2022 Finborud released his first full length album, Tears & Laughter. The first single from the album, “Bargaining”, was released in the summer of 2020, accompanied by a self-made hand painted music video. The video consists of just under 2000 separate acrylic paintings, traced (rotoscoped) on thin paper over a computer screen. Ballade.no called it "[...] one of the most beautiful things we've seen in a long time." The video has also earned a nomination for best music video at Bergen International Film Festival (BIFF) 2020.
"An expressive singer and precise guitarist with a modern sound, based in the classic songwriting tradition."
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- Anne Grete Preus
