When we last heard from Martin Rubashov late last year, the Dark Folk music master was crafting amazing songs with compelling visual companions in the form of cinematic videos. Now he is back with a new single – “Pillars” featuring vocalist Sofia Westlin. The two voices together are marvelous and even the melancholic mood of the song is uplifted by their performance. The single is the precursor to Martin’s new full-length album – Members of The Green Phlox, due out in early 2022 via Despotz Records. Pre-orders are live at the links below, including vinyl. Equally stunning is the brand new music video for the track which you can see below.
Pre-order link to the vinyl: https://despotz.bigcartel.com/artist/martin-rubashov &
https://martinrubashov.bandcamp.com
Stream Pillars’: https://dispatch.ingrooves.com/share/7PgDfztHnNTSTwohoxNwKn
Martin comments about the video:
”We made this video in Hälsingland just outside my cabin. I love that place and I have been walking that area for years and those trees have been such an inspiration for my music”
Martin comments about the single:
“Pillars are trees. The magical surroundings and those secret paths. About hidden treasures and those old places where people has lived their dreams. About the fear of losing nature to the bad ones. Trees.. they even stand tall when they are dying. Nurture nature and heal yourself.”
About Martin:
Martin Rubashov paints cinematic sceneries for the listener of being a seeking wanderer in the deep forest of the Swedish forests of Hälsingland. In the distance, the sun falls through the pines that create a warm contrast against the dark trees. The ground is covered with cold muddy moss and the dew lies like unshaded smoke over lingonberry and uprooted trees. You hear the sound of something moving in the dark. Eyes are watching you vigilantly from the crowns of the trees and you can sense something or someone insidious through the light morning fog. The environment is timeless, as a world of your own imagination in a dull future dystopia, with a shimmering streak of hope twined as a golden thread in the dark web.
About the album:
The upcoming album ‘Members of the Green Phlox’ will be acoustic and dream-like with the sounds of nature weaved into the soundscape. Martin describes the music as “The feeling of landing on a cold but inspiring and encouraging world, inside a warm pine forest.” He continues “I’ll use my twelve stringed guitar a lot more and I have written the majority of the material, I still haven’t left the forest and I’ll stay here when it comes to my music. I want to widen my view more. Wander deeper into the forest. Build sounds to connect the songs and record more of nature to tie into the lyrics that take place here.”. The album will be released January 21.