Øyvind Holm – Blue Is The Color Of My Soul Light.
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Øyvind Holm has long established himself as one of Norway’s most prolific and distinctive
songwriters — through his work with Dipsomaniacs, Deleted Waveform Gatherings, and
Sugarfoot, as well as a steady stream of acclaimed solo releases.
Blue Is The Color Of My Soul Light marks Holm’s fourth solo album since 2020, and features
ten new songs written in the wake of last year’s Paradox Of Laughing. Sonically, the record
revisits the slightly rougher aesthetic that first captivated Holm in the late ’90s and early
2000s — echoing the raw immediacy of bands like Guided By Voices — while still carrying
the unmistakable DNA of his own musical journey.
Lyrically, Holm ventures into more unsettled territory this time. “It’s been difficult not to let
reality seep more directly into my work,” he admits. “Blinders that thick simply don’t exist.”
Though not a concept album in the traditional sense, Blue Is The Color Of My Soul Light
unfolds as a collection of fragments — glimpses of reality with pieces missing. “I can only
interpret what I see,” Holm explains. Much like splashes of paint across a blank canvas,
these songs create emotional impressions rather than tell complete stories. Perhaps this
fragmented way of perceiving and processing the world feels natural in an age shaped by
reels and TikToks, where information and emotion flash by in seconds.
The tracks often trace the contours of a world reminiscent of an Orwellian reality, where
truths are rewritten and history is distorted. Yet at times, hope and love break through—like
glimpses of light in the dark.

Recorded in the fall of 2024 at Brygga Studio in Trondheim, the album features Holm’s
trusted core band:
Alexander Pettersen (guitars, keyboards), Pål Brekkås (bass, keyboards, backing vocals),
and Stian Lundberg (drums).

Additional contributions come from Mari Persen (strings), Johannes Konstad Brevik (pedal
steel), Johanna Reine-Nilsen (backing vocals), Bent Sæther (bass), and Vegard Lien
Bjerkan (Hammond B3, piano).