| A Quick Fix of Melancholy | ||||
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| Released | 26 August 2003 | |||
| Recorded | Winter 2002 | |||
| Genre | Avant-garde, ambient | |||
| Length | 22:55 | |||
| Label | Jester Records | |||
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A Quick Fix of Melancholy is the fourth EP by Norwegian experimental collective Ulver. Produced in the Winter of 2002, the EP was issued on 26 August 2003 via Jester Records. A precursor to the album Blood Inside,[1] A Quick Fix of Melancholy showcases the band's ability to seamlessly combine ambient and electronic music with orchestral elements.[2]
The text from "Vowels" is by Canadian author Christian Bök, taken from Eunoia (Coach House Books, 2001) and used with permission. "Eitttlane" is a rearrangement of "Nattleite" from the 1996 album Kveldssanger.
In an interview with Modern Fix Kristoffer Rygg commented, "A Quick Fix of Melancholy was our way of trying to get back into writing songs—or something resembling songs—and also find out where we wanted to take things. I think after all our work with film, which is very kind of aesthetically fixed, you know. We ended up making Blood Inside."[3]
- ^ "Ulver - A Quick Fix of Melancholy". SputnikMusic. 2003. Retrieved May 29, 2014.
- ^ Taylor, Laura (October 2003). "Ulver - A Quick Fix of Melancholy". Exclaim. Retrieved May 29, 2014.
- ^ Dejasu, Barry Lee (February 2005). "Ulver". Modern Fix. Retrieved June 3, 2014.