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Indians' 'Somewhere Else' Channels Pink Floyd and Cold Weather

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On Copenhagen resident Søren Løkke Juul’s one-man band Indians’ debut Somewhere Else, the swirling synth miasmas and acoustic accouterments have an unbreakable hypnotic question. The way Juul lilts his voice up and down on “I Am Haunted” and the manner in which he lets his guitar and keyboard beds overwhelm his otherworldly vocals on “Cakelakers” suggest he’s channeling his songs from some other dimension. The way he tells it, he sort of is. While he cites human interaction, nature and the sound of his keyboards as inspirations when Hive asks him to list his five biggest influences, he has a wonder in his voice that suggests that maybe he just processes these normal things a little differently. Below, Juul, who has a heavy Danish accent, attempts to explain what it all means.

1. Everyday Life

“The things that inspire me most are things that are happening real life, real emotions, stories,” Juul says. “All the songs are about real situations. For example, the last song on the record is called ‘Somewhere Else,’ and it’s about my experience of being in New York for the first time this past April. It was just a mind-blowing experience. There’s a lot of people and there’s a lot of traffic, but it doesn’t seem chaotic. People are not stressed. People are so happy and friendly. And then there’s just the smell of the food. I never imagined a simple store would have the best sandwiches I ever had, and it was cheap. I was there for 10 days, and I was sad when I had to go back to Denmark. The song is what I felt when I took off and could see New York disappear.”

Source: MTV Hive