{"id":58217,"date":"2019-03-29T00:00:36","date_gmt":"2019-03-29T00:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=58217"},"modified":"2021-08-19T18:40:18","modified_gmt":"2021-08-19T17:40:18","slug":"news-forever-still-release-second-studio-album-breathe-in-colours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/news-forever-still-release-second-studio-album-breathe-in-colours\/","title":{"rendered":"FOREVER STILL Release Second Studio Album \u2018Breathe In Colours\u2019 (March 29th, 2019) | News @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

FOREVER STILL Release Second Studio Album \u2018Breathe In Colours\u2019<\/strong><\/span>
\nMarch 29th, 2019<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Copenhagen, Denmark-based rock group Forever Still issued second full-length studio album Breathe In Colours<\/em> on March 29th, 2019 through Nuclear Blast Records.<\/p>\n

As was the case with inaugural effort Tied Down<\/em>, vocalist Maja Shining and multi-instrumentalist Mikkel Haastrup worked together closely during the songwriting process. Maja\u2019s lyrics are still as personal as they used to be, however, for Breathe In Colours<\/em> the band decided to work with a futuristic and dystopian theme, as she explained: \u201cInstead of looking in, we turned our focus to the world and saw it in a state of change. It somehow reminded us of the dystopian cyberpunk future we\u2019d seen in books and movies when we were kids, where megacorporations own our governments, the world is on the verge of ecological collapse and humanity is fleeing into cyberspace building walls around themselves and closing their eyes to the horrors of the real world. This, and the fact that two of the most influential cyberpunk works of all time, Blade Runner<\/em> and Akira<\/em>, are set in 2019, is what gave us the initial idea for the album and its more electronic and raw sound.\u201d<\/p>\n

The cover artwork was once again designed by Maja Shining. \u201cAt first glance the cover art appears quite dark and gloomy, but in reality it\u2019s bursting with colour,\u201d she stated. \u201cJust like the real world, sometimes we just have to look really closely to actually see it. The many numbers behind me represent all the colours in the world in binary code – more commonly known as \u2018computer language\u2019 – and is at the same time a reference to the world becoming so digital and people escaping into their computers to find colours instead of living in the real world and finding them there.\u201d<\/p>\n

The track listing is as follows:<\/p>\n

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01. \u2018Rew1nd\u2019
\n02. \u2018Fight!\u2019
\n03. \u2018Breathe In Colours\u2019
\n04. \u2018Is It Gone?\u2019
\n05. \u2018Survive\u2019
\n06. \u2018Do Your Worst\u2019
\n07. \u2018Pieces\u2019
\n08. \u2018Rising Over You\u2019
\n09. \u2018Say Your Goodbyes\u2019
\n10. \u2018Embrace The Tide\u2019
\n11. \u2018Is It Gone? (Acoustic Version)\u2019 (bonus track)
\n12. \u2018Perfect Day\u2019 (Lou Reed cover, bonus track)<\/p>\n

Forever Still\u2019s recording line-up was as follows:<\/p>\n

Maja Shining (vocals and keyboards)
\nMikkel Haastrup (guitar, bass and keyboards)
\nRune Frisch (drums)<\/p>\n

Music videos were filmed for the title track, the songs \u2018Rew1nd\u2019, \u2018Is It Gone?\u2019 and \u2018Pieces\u2019, and the band\u2019s cover of Lou Reed\u2019s \u2018Perfect Day\u2019. In addition, official rehearsal session videos were released for \u2018Rew1nd\u2019 and \u2018Say Your Goodbyes\u2019. All seven clips can be viewed below.<\/p>\n

Debut studio record Tied Down<\/em> was independently released<\/a> in January 2016, and subsequently reissued in October 2016 via Nuclear Blast.<\/p>\n