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NP York made his debut in 2024 with the album ‘Music for Fools’, recorded with his band, The Fools. The songs were written in the aftermath of a depression, the band was formed when he reached out to musician friends, and the indie-folk sound emerged from a spirit of musical collaboration. The album was very well received on both radio and live stages.
The new singles point toward a new album from the 33-year-old songwriter, whose work is driven by a constant urge to explore and question. The album has emerged from a completely different creative process and carries a distinctly different sound.
‘Walk On By’ was released in March and ‘Sugar’ in May, both serving as
forerunners to the new album, on which every song was recorded live in
the studio with Kasper Kaae and Asger Techau at the helm. Both singles
received national airplay on DR P5 and DR P6 Beat.
With its rawer rock-oriented sound and stadium-worthy chorus, ‘As
bold as a heart’ arrives with its heart on its sleeve and a palpable
musical force from the Danish indomitable songwriter. The heart is
naive. It knows the price of love - yet it throws itself into it again
anyway. And again. It is this paradoxical, almost comically cosmic
truth that NP York’s new single ‘As bold as a heart’ revolves
around - and celebrates.
‘As bold as a heart’ is released on August 14 and is the third
single from NP York’s upcoming album, ‘What’s Next?’, which
arrives in September, shortly before NP York’s autumn tour.
While NP York’s first single from the new record, ‘Walk On
By’, explored apathy as a counterweight to a chaotic world,
and his follow up, ‘Sugar’, dealt with self-forgiveness, ‘As
bold as a heart’ turns its attention to the most fearless
and indomitable thing we possess: the courage
that,despite the risk of being shattered, compels
the heart to keep risking everything, again and
again. Like a kamikaze pilot with infinite lives.
“At its core, the heart is irrational, and in a
remarkable way that means it chooses love over
and over again, even though it knows the cost. It
defies all logic and that’s incredibly brave” says York.
Musically, ‘As bold as a heart’ is a catchy folk-rock song
with a powerful chorus, driven by a warm, organic energy
and a sense of musical joy that flows naturally from York
and his band.