Icelandic singer-songwriter Ásgeir returns to his folk roots on Bury The Moon, drawing on family, memory, and the quiet pull of his Icelandic upbringing.
Icelandic singer songwriter and multi instrumentalist Ásgeir delivers Bury The Moon, a record that reconnects him with the folk instincts that first shaped his voice while sharpening his sense of narrative and place. It is a quieter album in spirit, but not in feeling, grounded in memory and guided by restraint rather than spectacle.
The lead single “Youth” welcomes us with warmth. Written with his father, the poet Einar Georg Einarsson, the song looks back on Ásgeir’s childhood in a small Icelandic town, capturing a time before ambition and anxiety took hold. There is a lightness to the lyric and melody, a sense of motion without urgency, as if the song is walking rather than chasing something. That perspective feels central to Bury The Moon, which favors reflection over drama and atmosphere over excess.
Throughout the album, Ásgeir leans into space, acoustic textures, and melodic patience, letting songs unfold naturally. His writing feels less concerned with proving anything and more focused on honoring where he comes from, both musically and personally. The result is a record that feels intimate without being insular, shaped by family, landscape, and memory, and confident enough to let simplicity carry the weight.