"August Came" by GISKE Turns a Fading Summer Into Twelve-String Magic

GISKE is the brainchild of Rune Berg and Alex Rinde, two cousins who picked up guitars on a sunny morning back in 1991 on the tiny Norwegian island of Giske and ended up making music together. Berg, who also plays in the well-loved Norwegian guitar-pop outfit The Margarets, would catch a train out to Rinde's place, and each visit turned into a new song. That's basically the whole origin story of their upcoming record, "Ten Visits, Ten Songs", dropping this October.

"August Came" is a gorgeous piece of jangle-pop that wears its inspirations proudly on its sleeve. Those Rickenbacker 12-strings do a lot of heavy lifting here. Ringing out in that unmistakable shimmer that makes guitar pop fans go weak in the knees, while the close vocal harmonies layer on top.

What got to me about "August Came" is how minimalistic the production is. It leans into soft rock and folk pop with restrained drums while there's a gentle melody pulling against a kind of bittersweet ache under it.

To sum it all up, GISKE just handed you the perfect late-summer companion! Go stream "August Came" now, and follow GISKE so you don't sleep on their album, "Ten Visits, Ten Songs", when it drops in October.

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