Trees Up North is the “band” pseudonym of Norwegian singer-songwriter Hans Stop. Stop makes no secret of the fact that this self titled debut album will contain various expressions that have been shaped by his previous diverse musical journeys. What’s common to all the songs on the upcoming album is the atmosphere that 10 days in Parr Street Studio in Liverpool together with his best friends created in itself.
“This was what I really wanted to do. To go to Liverpool with my best buddies and an “everlasting” list of different songs, written over the last ten years in voluntary isolation and solitude. We all rigged up in the same room. We started with song number 1 on that list, and my dedicated music travel companions would then start shaping the sound and expression with me live in the studio. Song by song we would continue down the list until the session ended and the plane brought us back to Norway.”
The creative result is a self titled debut album with 10 songs that in 10 different ways represent Trees Up North’s desire to convey something genuinely alive and organic to the listener: “The music happened in that specific room in Parr Street. Hopefully, all the different moods and expressions this musical collaboration resulted in during the ten days are present on the album. That we managed to capture an atmosphere of collective playing and personal intensity.”
Listen here: lnk.to/treesupnorth