Iceage
Copenhagen post-punk quintet turning collapse into fast, romantic guitar music
Based in Copenhagen, Denmark
Fast, compact songs drive detuned guitars, forceful drums and melodic bass beneath Elias Rønnenfelt’s ragged baritone. Expect the brighter, urgent attack of For Love of Grace & the Hereafter alongside the band’s harsher early material and more expansive, organ-and-viola-colored songs.
More about Iceage
Iceage formed as Copenhagen teenagers in 2008, issuing their first 7-inch and New Brigade through the city’s Escho imprint. Their Matador years stretched that punk foundation toward country, jazz and orchestral textures; the sixth album moves them to Mexican Summer while retaining producer Nis Bysted.
A story
While recording “The Weak,” Elias Rønnenfelt put a flute and whistle found at Silence Studio in his mouth together and recorded the result.
Playing
- 2026-11-02 18:30 · Pitchfork Paris · Main Room · Main Room
Labels
Start here
- For Love of Grace & the Hereafter (2026) · Mexican Summer
The current, fast-moving record and clearest preview of this festival set - Plowing Into the Field of Love (2014) · Matador
Where punk abrasion opened into piano, mandolin, viola and organ - New Brigade (2011) · Escho
Short, chaotic songs from the teenage Copenhagen incarnation
Worked with
- Nis Bysted co-produced multiple albums, including For Love of Grace & the Hereafter
- Sky Ferreira featured on Beyondless track Pain Killer
For fans of
The Gun Club, Joy DivisionOfficial links
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