photo by Petra Kleis

Copenhagen-based trio When Saints Go Machine returned ahead of the weekend with their dazzling new single Ice Rink. Marking an exciting new chapter for the band, they have evolved from their digital sound in favour of something raw, human, and hand-played. Carried forth on Nikolaj Manuel Vonsild’s ethereal vocals the track's shimmering production brings a rush of brilliance to their already refined repertoire. “There’s something magical about experiencing something for the first time. A kind of naivety we want to celebrate. It’s a fight for imagination.To keep it untouched and preserve the force it needs to develop. These are the moments we immortalise when hands create together. It’s an escape from the calculated. A charge forward. A spirit defending itself,” says frontman Vonsild. Take a listen for yourselves below. The track is taken from their forthcoming album ’Greatest Escape’, due on October 24 which will be followed by a nationwide tour across Denmark, culminating in the band’s biggest indoor show to date at Poolen in Copenhagen on November 21. 

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