This Moment

Personnel: Soren Juul (vocals, guitar, keyboards); Anders Mathiasen (guitar); Peter Stengaard (keyboards, drums); Jakob Hoyer (drums).Audio Mixers: Soren Juul; Peter Stengaard.Recording information: Amager Copenhagen (2015).Illustrator: Krista Rosenkilde.Photographer: Piper Ferguson.The sophomore studio long-player from the Danish singer/songwriter, and his first outing not released under the Indians moniker, This Moment is the very definition of nostalgic and wistful; a lone iceberg floating aimlessly in an increasingly temperate sea. Often referred to as Denmark's version of Bon Iver, Soren Juul's lush and unwaveringly melodic brand of folk-inflected Euro-synth-pop is pure Scandinavian comfort food; background music for architects. His flexible yet measured vocal delivery, which falls somewhere between Sigur Rós' Jónsi and Semisonic/Trip Shakespeare's Dan Wilson, is evenly matched by the lovely textural keyboard work that serves as the LP's foundation. Billed as a "deeply personal ac