The day started with a cold swim in Dalby Stenbrott, a lake situated in a birch forest close to Torna Hällestad. One band member – the same one that fell out of a tree earlier on the tour – cut his leg on a rock, adding to his list of injuries. After driving to Malmö to sound check at Babel, we killed time before the gig in an adjacent park, sipping Sangria in the sun. There we met with a producer who is working on a musical installation set to take place in an old mine in Sweden next year, and wants Árstíðir to play a key role.
Jonas Schwartz opened the show at Babel for us, as he did in Gothenburg, and it was nice to meet him and the rest of the guys again. We really liked playing at Babel – the venue was made to look like an old church, boasting an enormous stage and state-of-the-art PA system. The engineer did an amazing job with the sound, and the audience responded warmly.
After the gig, we drove back to our basecamp in Torna Hällestad and rounded off the day with a few beers.
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