Efterklang Cork Opera House
The Danish threesome prepared for their new album, Paramida, by repairing to the town of the same name — an abandoned mining settlement on the Norwegian island of Spitsbergen — for nine days in August 2011. There, they evaded polar bears as they recorded the thousand-plus found sounds that inspired a nine-month spell of songwriting.
Efterklang never felt compelled to reproduce Piramida note-for-note on stage — they’re just not that kind of band. Instead — in a project curated by Cork Opera House director Mary Hickson — singer Casper Clausen, bassist Rasmus Stolberg and mutli-instrumentalist Mads Brauer were joined by drummer Budgie (formerly of Siouxsie and the Banshees), three backing singers and a small orchestra for their appearances in Cork and Dublin.
