To The Moon And back With BJORN STRID From NIGHT FLIGHT ORCHESTRA

Interview by Kris Peters
The seventh studio album for Night Flight Orchestra was always
going to be difficult given the passing of original member David
Andersson between releases.
Music is an emotional form of expression naturally, but when having
to negotiate loss and sorrow, any new music could quite easily be
skewered too far in that direction and become almost
self-indulgent.
Not that that is a bad thing, but talking with frontman Bjorn Strid
you get the feeling that he and the rest of NFO wanted to pay
honour and respect to David's legacy and music by capturing
themselves at optimal strength and unity on both a sonic and
personal plane.
The resulting body of work, Give Us The Moon - which is released on
Friday, January 31 - takes the listener on an exciting sonic
journey, balancing between uplifting escapism and captivating
stories inspired by real life events. The album's themes span the
likes of heroines and temptresses to liberation and romantic
nostalgia, set to backdrops of abandoned cities and cosmic
tides.
The album is free from the limitations of one genre or style,
although many of the soundscapes of the album draw inspiration from
the 80s, making the album a varied, exciting adventure. Give Us The
Moon is produced by THE NIGHT FLIGHT ORCHESTRA and Sebastian
Forslund, who also mixed the album, and is mastered by Plec
Johansson at award-winning The Panic Room Studios. To celebrate the
release of the new full-length, THE NIGHT FLIGHT ORCHESTRA will
embark on a full European tour in late January, 2025. Boarding is
completed - fasten your seatbelts and enjoy the flight!
HEAVY sat down recently with Strid to discuss the new album and
delve into its cinematic nature.
"It's a real special album," he began. "It's the first one without
David Andersson, who sadly passed away two years ago, and it's been
a special journey putting this album together. We wanted to create
something really uplifting and empowering, and make it even more
cinematic and dreamy than before. But the general guiding star was
to make something really positive… but still multi-layered. What we
have here is an explosion of emotions running through the album.
It's very diverse, but it all sits together in the end. You just
need to listen to the album to really get into it and get what
we're saying. It's gonna be a beautiful ride."
In the full interview we ask Bjorn if he still gets the same rush
as an album release approaches or if that fades over time, he
explains the terms cinematic and soundscape and how they relate to
NFO's music, the musical direction of the album, bettering yourself
musically, the early days of Night Flight Orchestra and where they
fit in, the musical expansion of the band over each album, upcoming
shows and more.

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