Low Roar – Bones (Video Premiere)
Watch the video for Bones by Low Roar featuring Jófríõur Ákadóttir
Ryan Karazija, aka Low Roar, was born in the San Francisco Bay Area to a mother of Mexican descent and a Lithuanian father. Karazija spent his formative years playing in bands around Northern California before relocating to Iceland in 2010 where he recorded Low Roar’s self-titled debut in his Reykjavik kitchen. Quietly building buzz, he cut the critically acclaimed follow-up, 0, in a converted garage in 2014 before going on to grace the stages of ATP Iceland, Eurosonic, Airwaves France, The Great Escape, Lowlands, Iceland Airwaves, and beyond.
After touring the world in support of 0, Karazija spent most of 2016 as a solo traveller, visiting everywhere from Iceland, Sweden, and Poland, to the Bay Area, and Mexico before settling permanently in Warsaw. During this time, he carefully assembled his third full-length record, Once In a Long, Long While…, recorded in London with longtime collaborator and founding member of Tunng, Mike Lindsay.
Penned in Mexico, the album's lead single Bones begins with a delicate piano punctuated by glitches as Karazija sings, 'I’m exactly where I want to be, but I’m a long way from home.' As the beat builds, Icelandic singer Jófríður Ákadóttir adds a haunting and heavenly harmony. The Skinny are delighted to be premiering the music video for Bones.
Karazija tells us: “It's funny the first line of Bones is 'First of March’. This is a duet I wrote based upon the final text messages between me and my ex-girlfriend. The opening line was the last day I ever saw her. This was just over a year ago, and funnily enough this was also the day I realised what this album was going to be. So this date now, [just over] one year ago today, symbolises both the ending and beginning of something."
Watch the video in the player above.
Once In a Long, Long While... is out now via Nevado Music and is available to buy on Low Roar's website. Catch Low Roar on tour at XOYO, London, 31 May; The Exchange, Bristol, 2 Jun; Brudenell Social Club, Leeds, 3 Jun; The Hope & Ruin, Brighton, 4 Jun.