New song from Danish recording artist deals with acceptance and belonging
COPENHAGEN, Denmark – Indie DIY solo singer/songwriter Troels Thorkild Sørensen, who records nowadays using the moniker he is tall, has dropped a touching and playful new song, “Snow Fortress.”
“Despite the name, the last icy crystals of the winter are long ago melted by the songs outreaching ,” Sørensen writes.
The song is laid-back with a vibrant live sound featuring a confluence of vocal, acoustic, percussion and trumpet parts supported by soaring choruses. “It’s somewhere in between Arcade Fire and https://indierockcafe.com/?s=arcade+fire,” adds Sørensen.
Describing the story behind the song, Sørensen writes: “Behind the extrovert sound of the song hides a very introvert and shy main character who is singing about wanting to succeed and fitting into ‘public space’ that one enters as a live performer.”
“The character in the story believes that the solution is to act as someone else and be an extrovert party animal,” he adds. “It all ends with he/she having to use extreme methods in the quest of transformation.”
Besides studio recordings, Sørensen has played numerous live shows around Denmark, including opening shows for international artists like Tyler Childers and The Divine Comedy.
As a one-man-army with an acoustic guitar, Sørensen manages to fill even large stages with his connective presence. In fact, this summer he will be playing a series of festival shows.
His musical influences are varied across the indie rock spectrum: “Growing up as a teenager I have been listening a lot to indie artists like Sufjan Stevens, Bon Iver and Florence and The Machine, but in the past years I’ve grown to really like hiphop and catchy pop melodies. I think my music has become a mix of what I listened to back then and what I listen to now. ‘Snow Fortress,’ he adds, “is a good example of that composite musical universe.”
