Royksopp

‘The Inevitable End’, is Röyksopp's second album release in the space of 6 months, following the critically acclaimed mini album ‘Do It Again’ with fellow Scandinavian legend Robyn . ’The Inevitable End' is their most personal album to date and features Jamie McDermott (The Irrepressibles), Ryan James (Man Without Country), Norwegian singer songwriter Susanne Sundfør and Robyn.

Having now created five complete bodies of work, the pair feel like the future is open to being more experimental with how they share their music.

“We feel like this is a goodbye to the traditional album format,” explains Svein. “In our consecutive run of albums, we have been able to say what we want to say and do what we want to do with the LP. We're not going to stop making music, but the album format as such, this is the last thing from us.”

Opening track ‘Skulls’ feels like classic Röyksopp – all squelchy bass lines, filtered synths and vocodered, yet soulful vocals – the album also takes in sophisticated, delicate heartbreak on the Man Without Country collaboration ‘Sordid Affair’; odd, shape-shifting ambience on the Robyn-featuring ‘Rong’; bouncing electro pop on the deceptively upbeat ‘Save Me’ and the deliriously sad, cry-on-the-dance floor classic, ‘I Had This Thing’.

Tracks:

VINYL - Includes download code for the digital files, plus The Inevitable End Prologue (5 additional tracks)

2LP 1
1. Skulls
2. Monument
3. Sordid Affair
4. You Know I Have To Go
5. Rong
6. Save Me

2LP 2
1. I Had This Thing
2. Here She Comes Again
3. Running To The Sea
4. Compulsion
5. Coup De Grace
6. Thank You

2CD 1
1. Skulls
2. Monument
3. Sordid Affair
4. You Know I Have To Go
5. Save Me
6. I Had This Thing
7. Rong
8. Here She Comes Again
9. Running To The Sea
10. Compulsion
11. Coup De Grace
12. Thank You

2CD 2
1. Do It Again
2. Goodnite Mr. Sweetheart
3. Caramel Afternoon
4. Oh No
5. Something In My Heart