THIS WAS THE PACE OF MY HEARTBEAT (2004)

LOSING STONES, COLLECTING BONES (2006)


WHITEOUT (2009)

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This is another bold step by In The Country toward a sound that's both instinctual and beautiful, stylistic orthodoxy be damned
Peter Margasak
(Downbeat/USA)

Best Releases of 2009
John Kelman´s Best Releases of 2009. John Kelman
(All About Jazz/USA)

Best of 2009
In the Country has an open-door policy toward electronics (as does countryman Arve Henricksen) but opts for a warmly inviting lyricism. With its searching piano lines and twisting rhythms, it's easy to imagine this album appealing to fans of Radiohead as well as Keith Jarrett. Chris Barton
(Los Angeles Times/USA)

It is In The Country's most mature, evolved and convincing album yet; a nuanced contender for 2009's "best of" list
Terms like magnum opus can be dangerous, setting unrealistic expectations for the present and a precedent against which the future will always be measured. Whether or not this release represents a magnum opus is far too early to tell, but In The Country's Whiteout is certainly this Norwegian piano trio's most ambitious album to date, standing to supplant its debut, the marvelously understated This Was the Pace of My Heartbeat (Rune Grammofon, 2005), as its most compelling and evocative album to date. John Kelman
(All About Jazz/USA)

A little bit classical, a little bit jazz, a little progressive…it all adds up to a totally enveloping listening experience

Like a progressive suite floating through a universe of snowflakes, the “whiteout” completely envelopes the listener in waves of rolling pianos, swirling synths, frollicking guitar notes and strident drum rolls…and that’s just the first nine minutes! The last half (which, following a few moments of get-your-head-together silence, may actually be a hidden track?) is softer, hesitant, as if our protagonists were still stumbling home through the snow with a few cocktails sloshing around inside to keep them warm. Jeff Penczak - 9/10
(Foxy Digitalis/USA)

Stunning

Norway might be known primarily for Vikings and black metal. However, if one tunes out the din of battle axes and down-tuned guitar chaos, he or she might discover the intelligent delicacy of the country’s greatest musical export, jazz pianist Morton Qvenlid. For Whiteout, his third album with his trio In the Country, which also includes drummer Pål Hausken and bassist Roger Arntzen, Qvenlid’s intimate Hymns-era Keith Jarrett-cum-Thom Yorke style of lyricism is met with the uncanny production techniques of Jaga Jazzist mastermind Andreas Mjøs, whose unique flair for creative atmospherics has delivered some of the most quixotic sounds in the Ninja Tune catalog. On the stunning Whiteout, Mjøs, armed with an arsenal of instruments ranging from a Marimba to a Macintosh, provides a means by which to keep In the Country on its collective toes while maintaining the trio’s initial air of spacey romanticism. Yet for everything going on across these seven compositions, this is a quiet album meant to be turned way up to catch every subtle nuance this fine, fine ensemble throws your way. Ron Hart - 8/10
(Popmatters/USA)

Heavenly vocals and mammoth drums
The three-piece In the Country is all about the piano on their third album, treading off deep into space-jazz and progressive-rock galaxies with their sublime, epic compositions. Chris Sabbath
(XLR8R/USA)


US RADIO PLAYLIST:
12.08.09 - Breakpoint- (WXYC 89.3 FM)
08.07.09 - New Afternoon Show - (WNYU 89,1 FM)
02.07.09 - Cochlear Implant - (WXDU 88,7 FM)


[last updated: 19.02.13 ]