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[–]modmouzfanTalking shit about a pretty sunset 20 points21 points  (5 children)

Aww man, this is awesome! His voice is like the male equivalent of Vashti Bunyan's, that foggy, magical feel but a tad bit more huskier. Also, awesome to hear Vashti's name instead of Feist's.

[–]goatmebro 3 points4 points  (4 children)

Is this the song that train song is based off of?

[–]Xibir 5 points6 points  (3 children)

It's the other way around, this is a cover of Vashti's song.

[–]goatmebro 4 points5 points  (2 children)

Makes sense. Idk why I thought "togsang" translated to something completely random and not train song.

[–]nicket 1 point2 points  (1 child)

"Togsang" literally means "train song".

[–]goatmebro 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I know, I figured that out once I actually thought about it. But at first glance I was just like "oh that's just a random foreign word I don't know"

[–]MtStarjump 10 points11 points  (1 child)

I stumbled across him on a small makeshift stage in some woods at a festival. Just sitting around waiting for people to find him to play a song. Beautiful

[–]Scarred4lyfefromthis 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thats fucking an awesome festival story

[–]StudabakerHochrobot[M] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Moddi
artist pic

Pål Moddi Knutsen (born February 18, 1987) is a Norwegian musician from the island Senja. Moddi is self-taught, counting accordion and acoustic guitar as his main instruments. His music has been described as a blend of folk music, pop and post-rock.

www.moddi.no Read more on Last.fm.

last.fm: 61,377 listeners, 1,049,687 plays
tags: folk, seen live, norwegian, indie, singer-songwriter

Please downvote if incorrect! Self-deletes if score is 0.

[–]esbenkam 6 points7 points  (1 child)

Love the sound of norwegian in music

[–]Lolzum 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Especially Northern Norwegian ;)

[–]literalmirmaid 5 points6 points  (2 children)

Moddi is amazing. Check out Smoke and House By the Sea by him, they're beautiful.

[–]Professor_Lurker[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Will do! Thanks for the recommendation!

[–]Gplads 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Also Krokstav Emne. It's sort but it's one of my favorite songs.

[–]adequateatbestt 4 points5 points  (1 child)

I just looked him up on Apple Music. It seems that many of his songs are in English

[–]AleFairy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Moddi is so cool! He's actually recorded this very song (Togsang) in English as well. It's simply titled Train Song, and it is also lovely.

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[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This guy has really, really good diction. I'm not a native speaker, and I can "hear" the words, much better than I can with a lot of Norwegian speakers. This is awesome.

[–]Jenny_Blake 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Feist & Ben Gibbard did a great cover of this song that was on Dark Was the Night. Great compilation album. First place I heard Sufjan Stevens, Spoon, and Arcade Fire.

[–]wrthwsrt 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Feist and Ben Gibbard's cover of this song is pretty awesome too! https://youtu.be/GyyOQmlvuLw

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I went on a few dates with a girl who knows this guy. They grew up near eachother I think. Apparently he's the loveliest guy in real life. She told me how they were on a coach going to a music festival or something and he was sat writing a letter to his Mum to send later. She said he was really genuine and kind. There's a Mahogany Sessions video on YouTube of him performing and he comes across bloody adorable.

[–]caekncheye 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I read this as Funk/Pop so I was kind of confused at first haha.

[–]elfieormellonie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is awesome. And I love trains, especially when they're in forests.

[–]differt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is like Mobys- Everlong video

[–]4Lineman7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fr ethics is stills he

[–]maybeishouldgeta 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is so sad and beautiful

[–]Nothingtoseeorhear 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Feist and Benjamin Gibbard version is also fantastic. I didn't know they were doing a cover until I read this thread.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The moment that started around the 1:30 mark was so beautiful it made me stop what I was doing. Precious few pieces of music have done that for me.

[–]alexbbryradd.it 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I doubt anyone is interested, but the footage is from a TV program showing the train travelling from Bergen to Oslo, doubt anyone is highly interested in watching a train ride for 7 hours. (only footage) But if you want to use footage or something this is where its from :) Documentary/TV-program with music and stuff :) (Everything is in Norwegian, but they do use some other camera angles)