Jónsi Shares Two Singles From New Album, ‘First Light’
The album comes three years after 2021s, Obsidian.

Image by Albert Trujillo and effects by Ingibjörg Birgisdóttir
Icelandic musician Jónsi has released two songs from his upcoming fourth album, First Light. Set for release on August 30, the album is being released by music and wellness platform Myndstream in collaboration with Lakeshore Records on August 30.
The first taste of new music from the Sigur Rós frontman since 2022s ‘Bakgaroar’, the pair of singles, ‘Flicker’ and ‘Cheery Blossom’, are both beautifully haunting instrumentals fans of Jónsi will have on repeat.
Give ‘Flicker’ and ‘Cherry Blossom’ a listen below.
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In a press release about the album, Jónsi said, “Writing this music at a time of manmade global turmoil and unrest for a video game. I imagined First Light as a momentary fantastical, over-the-top, utopian world where everyone and everything lives together in everlasting peace and harmony. Choosing beauty over disorder, hope over fear, our universal divine angel guardians watching over us and connecting us all as one through love, melody, and music.”
The album was originally envisioned as a video game soundtrack but evolved into a meditative project addressing peace, hope and love. Two more singles from the album will be released in the coming weeks, ‘Forest Trill’ and ‘Undercurrent’.
First Light is set for release on August 2 via Myndstream/Lakeshore Records. You can pre-save your copy here and check out the album artwork and tracklist below.

First Light
1. Flicker
2. First Light
3. Green Meadow
4. Clearing
5. Cherry Blossom
6. In Plain View
7. Wishful Thinking
8. Forest Trill
9. Undercurrent
10. Willow
11. Stillness
12. Floweret
13. Over the Fence
14. Flutterby
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