Emmerhoff and The Melancholy Babies - The Dying of the Light (2025) [Hi-Res]

Death comes to us all. Emmerhoff & The Melancholy Babies do not shy away from this irrefutable fact. The band, celebrating their 30th anniversary in 2026, may now rightly consider themselves distinguished "elder statesmen" of rock. With such perspectives also comes the recognition of the transience of life. There are now more funerals than weddings lingering on the horizon, and the ranks of both the idols of our youth and contemporaries on the music scene are beginning to thin.

"The Dying of The Light", its title taken from Dylan Thomas' iconic poem, contemplates and embraces the twilight of life, but also, in the spirit of the poem, fighting spirit and stubborn resistance to the inevitable. Death will come, but until then we will create music and celebrate life.

October 2025 will see the release of the band's seventh studio album, recorded at Duper and Solslottet Studios in Bergen, produced by Iver Sandoy and Jorgen Træen...

The music reflects the sombre thematic while also being vital and vigorous. The range is wide, from delicate contemplation to powerful outbursts, strictly composed in one moment and loosely improvised in the next.

Gunnar Emmerhoff, vocals, guitars
Inge Rypdal, guitars, keyboards
Arild Vikane, guitars
Einride Torvik, bass
Iver Sandøy, drums, backing vocals, keyboards
Guests:
Lindy-Fay Hella (Wardruna), vocals
Jørgen Træen, modular synth and programming