Closing Eyes surfaced in 2014 as the solo outing of Eirik Asker Pettersen with the EPMelodies for the contemporary mind

– a short, contemplative, psychedelic pop trip. The songs were performed live as a trio. This new, more organic approach made sense and out of that grew Closing Eyes as a band. The trio of Eirik, Magnus and Emilie went in the studio with Emil Nikolaisen of Serena Maneesh to record their debut full length. A collection of pretty sugary pop songs mostly about relationship and lost time. This was aptly titledSoft Years and will be out on Eget Selskap in 2018. Nothing But Hope And passion have named Closing Eyes as one of the Rising-Stars-To-Watch in 2018! When asked about the lyrics Eirik explain, I’m restless and very occupied with the concept of time, to the point where I’m completely obsessed with it. I have all these

ideas on how to best spend it, but I still end up doing way too much of what I specifically agreed with myself not to spend time on anyway. That’s a recurring theme. Also, you can’t avoid the theme of love in pop. So yes, there are a few songs

that came from new and old relationships. Something for the heart. Soft Years came to life after a couple of intense sessions in the studio. The only real plan was for it to sound as organic as possible. In the past we have used a lot of sequencers and loops, and we really wanted it to sound like it was made by humans this time. We didn’t manage to leave the loops and sequences completely out

though. You can’t completely abandon what’s in your DNA.