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The Secret Revealed: New Christmas Album in November

October 20, 2011 – 1:50 pm

 

A picture of the master CD

Dear friends

Today we reveal a secret, we’ve been keeping you for quite some time now: The 21st of November, we’ll release a Christmas album called “ENDURANCE IN CHRISTMAS TIME” that consists of 13 songs. As you might know, Hymns from Nineveh made a digital EP called Uncomplicated Christmassongs in 2009. These 5 songs will appear remastered on the album alongside alongside 8 new ones. It will be released on CD and on all digital platformes. You might think “Why make a new christmas album?!”. Well – I, the Hymnboy, felt an urge to write more songs about the both complex and wonderful Christmas time. It’s as simple as that. And – who says it isn’t possible to make 2 albums in one year? Why wait, if the songs are there, ready to burst out?

When you hear the word “Christmas album”, you might think about jinglebells and santa and elves and so on. I’m afraid this album will disappoint you, if that’s what you expect. These songs are about enduring the christmas time. How to deal with loss, loneliness or despair in the christmas time. But also – the songs discover what christmas is about, and what comfort and joy the christmas time can bring.
We’ve been working very hard and very, very fast (’cause – you know, we’re on tour and all) – but – we made it, and we’re very, very proud of the result.

We can’t wait to let you hear it.

Love
from
The Hymnboy

 

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High 5!

February 28, 2011 – 5:42 pm

High five, friends!

 

There are (at least!) 5 good pieces of news for you:

1) Hymns from Nineveh’s “Sister Sorrowsong”  is a contender on the Soundvenue-chart “High 5″! What an honor!

You can help Sister Sorrow enter the list, if you have a Soundvenue-profile.

So – a big THANK you if you do so.

2) Also – Soundvenue recommend Hymns from Nineveh’s forthcoming concerts in March. Hope to see you there!

3) There’s a large interview with The Hymnboy in today’s Kristeligt Dagblad, and you can read it all here (it’ll probably only make sense, if you speak Danish, sorry!).

4) My dear friend Jakob Brixen from the Hymnband has a soloproject called Mechanical Bird, well, you know that, but: Last sunday he made it to a 2nd place at the Danish national radio show Det Elektriske Barometer. You can help him to the top spot by clicking the hearts (you have to vote for 4 other artists as well!). I would be thrilled to see this beautiful bird fly over all the others.

5) We, the hymnband had a 6 hour rehearsal yesterday, and continue tonight. We are extremely excited about what we create together – and we look forward to the 11th of March. And the 12th. And the 13th.
That was 5 good things, wasn’t it?

All the best,

Jonas, the Hymnboy

 

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The day has come..

February 21, 2011 – 10:03 am

Friends! The day I and the rest of the hymnpeople have been waiting for has come.

The album releases today.

We spent almost a year in Pinligtavshed trying to create the best album we could think of, and we’re very, very pleased with and proud of the outcome.

So – now it’s yours. I hope it will give you comfort and joy.

The Danish critics have been very happy with it so far. You can go to the reviews-section to get an overview.

It is available on iTunes, and many many other places.

With love,

Jonas the hymnboy.

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LP News + How to purchase outside Denmark

February 18, 2011 – 9:49 pm

Hi, everyone!

I just held my first copy of the LP today. It’s so beautiful! Katrine Esther Stern Johansen really did a magnificent job with both the cover for both the LP and the CD!

Some of you Danes have asked, where you’ll be able to buy the LP. You can find it @ Route 66 in Aarhus & Copenhagen + some other record stores, but definitely in Route 66. BUT – those of you who want to buy a LP record must wait until tuesday – sorry. I’m not shure why. 1 day delayed isn’t as bad as it could be, I guess. CD and download will still be available on monday – yipee!

Some of you who live outside Denmark have have asked where to find the album – you can order the CD at iMusic. Though it’s a Danish webshop, there should be no problem ordering from the U.S., Russia or Brazil. But tell me, if there is.

That’s all for now. I think I’ll have a glass of red wine while I listen to the new Radiohead album.

All the best

Jonas

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PREORDER now on iTunes & iMusic

February 16, 2011 – 11:51 am

Hello, friends!

It’s wednesday today, and when the calendar says “monday”, you will be able to buy the CD in the record stores (if you’re in Denmark, anyway). BUT – if you want to preorder the CD, you can do it at iMusic (and you can even get a limited signed copy!) Yes – that’s right, I will write a small note saying how much I appreciate your purchase. But you have to be quick.

If you’re more into the digital world of musicbuying, you can now preorder on iTunes. Right here!

That’s all, folks. Can’t wait.

C U

J.

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Sneakpeak

December 19, 2010 – 4:29 pm

Cover art by Katrine Esther Stern Johansen

Dearly beloved readers!

So – the moment has come when you are able to listen to some of the work, we’ve been doing the past 10 months: Hymns from Nineveh give you So Mournful The Elegy, So Comforting The Hymn, the opening track from the forthcoming album: “Hymns from Nineveh”. The album will release the 21st of February 2011.

So Mournful The Elegy, So Comforting The Hymn by Hymns from Nineveh

Merry Christmas and thank you for supporting – Jonas The Hymnboy

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"Uncomplicated Christmassongs"

November 25, 2009 – 7:26 pm

Dearly beloved readers!

It’s a pleasure to finally say, that the Christmas-EP is now streaming at myspace!

Update nov 30: Now it’s also available for download!

"Uncomplicated Christmassongs" cover by Gertrud Hjelm Kongshøj

It has been some crazy, lovely, exhausting, lifegiving months for me, and I’m very, very proud of the outcome. Some might say, that it is a silly thing to do – to make a christmasrecord, but I work with the device, that I have to obey the inspiration, and inspiration gave me 5 christmassongs this summer.

I couldn’t have done it without the magnificent Aske Bode and Caspar Hesselager/SLUU. Nor could the record contain the banjo, upright bass, female vokals, mouth organ, percussion, piano, synthesizers and all the other instruments without the fantastic people who took time to stop by. Thank you every one!

The tracklist is:

1 Christmas is here

2 Uncomplicated Christmassong

3 The Boy in the Manger

4 Immanuel

5 Winterfire

Lyrics will follow on the blog soon. So you can sing along. Or figure out, what is sung.

If you like what you hear, it will be able for purchase through Klicktrack from monday 30th of November! (Scandinavia only, sorry – iTunes will follow shortly)!

Let me know what you think of it.

Merry Christmas
from
The Hymnboy

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Uncomplicated Christmassong

November 16, 2009 – 1:32 am

Ladies and gentlemen,

The time has come. Listen to UNCOMPLICATED CHRISTMASSONG at myspace, and sing along with a little help from the text below :) !

This is the 1st single from the future christmas-ep. I’ve listened to the final mixes today; it sounds amazing! Caspar and I are going to work with the last refinement on the songs tomorrow. This song should give you a taste of what awaits!

See the text of Uncomplicated Christmassong below..

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