Svela - Hold Still (2022) [Hi-Res]

Hold Still is the second album from guitarist and composer Eirik Berg Svela and follows 2018’s Bits & Pieces which was recorded in New York featuring the organist Sam Yahel, saxophonist Dave Edge and drummer Tore T. Sandbakken. This new album continues Eiriks work with Dave Edge, but features Roger Johansen on drums and the London based organist Ross Stanley. The title is taken from the memoirs of photographer Sally Mann and references the influence that photographers such as Mann, Alec Soth, and Paul Graham have had on Eirik’s approach to this album. Through careful sequencing and the use of interludes the goal is to weave a series of musical snapshots into a small story; a story that revolves around Eirik's sense of belonging, both musically and geographically.

Eirik Svela - guitar
Dave Edge - saxophone
Ross Stanley - Hammond organ
Roger Johansen - drums