Otinget - The Greatest Thing That Never Happened by Hidden Shoal

We're excited to present the first single lifted from 'The Greatest Thing That Never Happened... Yet', the debut album by Swedish trio Otinget. A mesmerising suite of songs, the album blends delicate folk, strident post-rock, lilting Americana and brooding slowcore, and also features a special guest appearance by Dungen lead guitarist Reine Fiske. The album sees release through Hidden Shoal on the 17th of September 2021.

On title track and first single, Fiske helps build the song from its gentle rollicking intro to its feverish conclusion. Opener ‘The Sea’ weaves mesmerising, spidery guitar lines before the bassline references the Hendrix classic ‘Hey Joe’. ‘The Vagabond’ manages to seamlessly fuse math-rock guitar lines with a bluesy swagger, highlighting both the band’s songwriting smarts and their formidable ability as performers. ‘But Something Came Over Me’ is a brooding slice of atmospheric pop, building up and falling away in equal measures over its runtime. And the album closes with ‘Further’, a majestic re-working of a song by one of Otinget frontman Erik Nilsson’s other projects, The Slanted City.

“delights at every turn… an unfailingly tuneful and entertaining whole that transcends its techniques through sheer musicality” – Music is Good on Otinget frontman Erik Nilsson’s album Recollage

The music of Otinget is available for licensing (film, tv, web, games etc) through Hidden Shoal -www.hiddenshoal.com/licensing