Trentemøller’s new untitled full-length album harnesses a noisy, all-enveloping welcome, exploding with the force of a supernova before dissolving into a vapour trail of swooning vocals. Across 10 songs, a journey towards dynamic yet bittersweet frontiers of sound gathers pace, pitting maximalist guitar-noise blowouts against some of the most bruising shoegaze you’ll hear this year. Just a few moments in, and you already know the Danish polymath is once again rewriting his story for a more vibrant, outward-looking chapter of his aesthetic.
As Trentemøller puts it, “The noisy got noisier, the dreamy got dreamier, the melodic got even more melodic. I was ruthless this time. Okay, kill your darlings! If a track didn’t give me a feeling of freedom, wanderlust, sorrow, love or that pure ‘I don’t give a fuck’ feeling … It was gone”, he says.
Above all, Trentemøller is the result of an artist doing everything himself by hand, creating a forward-looking new work from seed to bloom. Trentemøller worked as the album’s songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer, while also mixing the self-released album. “I’ve just never been much good at being told what to do. I don’t really follow trends or think in algorithms; that whole calculated side of the music industry is really not a pretty sight,” he offers.
But aside from the record’s self-made foundations, the songs of Trentemøller are ultimately destined to jump off the page with others in tow. “Now I can’t wait to play these songs live with my band. For the first time ever, I’m going to play the whole album, start to end. Every single song!”

1. Swerve
2. Terrified
3. Visceral
4. Johnny Boy
5. Halved
6. Your Love Walks Alone
7. To Mist
8. Coyote
9. Crash
10.White Hallways