Elias Rønnenfelt - Heavy Glory (2024) [Hi-Res]

Heavy Glory marks Iceage’s Elias Rønnenfelt's first solo venture, swapping gritty post-punk for tender folk rock. Featuring guest appearances from Fauzia, Joanne Robertson, Danish punk icon Peter Peter, and Iceage drummer Dan Kjær Nielsen, the album reveals a softer side to Rønnenfelt. The opening track, "Like Lovers Do," immediately sets the tone with hoedown-style guitar, fiddle, and drums, immersing listeners in Americana vibes. On "Another Round," Rønnenfelt mixes a bontempi rhythm with a dense wall of guitars, yet his vocal delivery keeps it firmly within folk rock.

Fauzia joins him on the heartfelt duet "Close," backed by double bass and swirling woodwinds, while Robertson lends her voice to the country-tinged "Soldier Song." The album closes with two covers: Spacemen 3's Sound of Confusion, reimagined as a whiskey bar anthem, and a richly orchestrated, reverent rendition of Townes Van Zandt's "No Place to Fall."

Tracklist:
1-1. Elias Rønnenfelt, Elias Rønnenfelt - Like Lovers Do (02:51)
1-2. Elias Rønnenfelt, Elias Rønnenfelt - Another Round (03:05)
1-3. Elias Rønnenfelt, Elias Rønnenfelt - Doomsday Childsplay (03:57)
1-4. Elias Rønnenfelt, Fauzia, Elias Rønnenfelt - Close (02:18)
1-5. Elias Rønnenfelt, Elias Rønnenfelt - No One Else (03:51)
1-6. Elias Rønnenfelt, Elias Rønnenfelt - Stalker (03:53)
1-7. Elias Rønnenfelt, Elias Rønnenfelt - Worm Grew a Spine (03:51)
1-8. Elias Rønnenfelt, Elias Rønnenfelt, Joanne Robertsson - Soldier Song (03:32)
1-9. Elias Rønnenfelt, Elias Rønnenfelt - Unarmed (03:48)
1-10. Elias Rønnenfelt, Elias Rønnenfelt - River Of Madeleine (02:43)
1-11. Elias Rønnenfelt, Elias Rønnenfelt - Sound Of Confusion (04:33)
1-12. Elias Rønnenfelt, Elias Rønnenfelt - No Place to Fall (03:10)