Tears & Laughter Bendik Finborud

• 1 The Fire is Gone 03:16
• 2 No One Compares 03:31
• 3 Bargaining 03:18
• 4 One Day at a Time 03:42
• 5 Just Another Day 03:08
• 6 Turn You Down 03:11
• 7 Nowhere to Be 03:10
• 8 Leave Me, Love 04:07
• 9 You Might Say 03:55
• 10 Tears & Laughter 03:14
• Total Runtime 34:32

Info for Tears & Laughter

Norwegian singer-songwriter Bendik Finborud returns with uplifting serenade ‘Tears & Laughter’. Lifted from his forthcoming new album, the new single is a smooth offering that blends warm indie-folk with delicate production. Pulling on your heartstrings and destined to sooth the soul, ‘Tears & Laughter’ is an intimate listen that showcases how powerful Bendik’s songwriting is.

Speaking about the new offering, he said, “For some years now I’ve written music about the grief surrounding my mothers death. It’s a heavy subject and I haven’t been sure if anyone would want to listen to these kinds of songs, but it just felt like I needed to get it out. I think Tears & Laughter might be the ending to that long exploration of grief.

The song to me is most of all about resignation. About finally accepting that there’s nothing more to be done but let go. Although that isn’t a very uplifting ending I think there is some hope in that kind of acceptance. Accepting things like they really are can be painful, but in the end life goes on.”

Bendik Finborud

Bendik Finborud
Where Norway’s inhospitable winter meets the US’ searing folk tradition, we find Bendik Finborud. (25) The young songwriter plays intimate folk pop with lyrics about life as a hopeful, love craving young man.

In 2022 Finborud released his first full length album, Tears & Laughter. The first single from the album, “Bargaining”, was released in the summer of 2020, accompanied by a self-made hand painted music video. The video consists of just under 2000 separate acrylic paintings, traced (rotoscoped) on thin paper over a computer screen. Ballade.no called it "[...] one of the most beautiful things we've seen in a long time." The video has also earned a nomination for best music video at Bergen International Film Festival (BIFF) 2020.

"An expressive singer and precise guitarist with a modern sound, based in the classic songwriting tradition." Anne Grete Preus

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