WARDRUNA stellen heute den Titeltrackno ihres, Birna“ am 24. Januar 2025 kommenden Longplayers “Birna“ der Öffentlichkeit vor. Das Video der naturverbundenen Pagan Folk Band dreht sich, wie auch die gesamte Scheibe um die Beziehung zwischen Menschen und der mythologischen Figur des Bären.
Einar Selvik kommentiert den Song:
“The song illustrates a dialogue between man and bear, exemplifying the various traits and abilities we humans have sought to borrow from these significant totemic animals throughout history. The bear doesn’t need my help or any human traditional ornamentation to be its own powerful self. It is quite the opposite if one looks to past bear-traditions worth remembering. We learn, we dream of borrowing its traits and abilities. We fear, revere, and try to walk alongside but on separate paths. Respectfully, claim space and give space. However inconvenient it may be, further taming of the wild can never be the fruitful way forward. For me, it profoundly felt like the right time to give voice to the Birna, mother and shepherd of the vanishing woods,””
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