Dark Pop with an analog soul - TRALALAS released "Ornament"
Danish musician Morten Alsinger, known for his early work in Denmark’s electro and punk underground, announces the release of Ornament, the debut album from his new solo project TRALALAS, out November 14, 2025 via Aenaos Records.
After years spent experimenting in Denmark’s electronic and punk scenes, Alsinger met singer-songwriter Heidi Lindahl in 2018. The two began collaborating on her songs, with Alsinger performing as her bass player at several concerts. That partnership reignited his desire to return to a rawer, more analog approach to songwriting. Around 2023, while working with producer Thomas Li in another setting, Li heard some of Alsinger’s new analog demos posted on SoundCloud. Impressed by their tone and atmosphere, he proposed recording together.
Alsinger then reached out to friends from the Danish band NorthShip, who joined the project as musicians, and Lindahl also came on board to contribute vocals and backing vocals. Between 2024 and 2025, the group recorded eleven tracks in Li’s Østerbro studio, nine of which now appear on Ornament.
Produced by Thomas Li, the album features Thomas Golsen (bass, guitar), Francis Nørgaard Jensen (drums), and Heidi Lindahl (vocals, backing vocals). The result is an intimate yet forceful collection of songs balancing minimal analog arrangements with lyrical depth and emotional precision. Alsinger describes TRALALAS’ sound as dark pop - a blend of fragility and strength that resists easy categorization.
“Ornament is not a concept album as much as it is an experiment - an attempt to develop TRALALAS as a project looking forward”, Alsinger explains. “The tracks revolve around existential issues and the basic conditions of loss and gain. In a world caught in a negative spiral of consumerism and short-term thinking, I consider myself a melancholic and micro-ambitious artist who writes mostly about loss and gain.”
Early reviews have praised the singles “Winter on the Vine” and “Burns” for their analog warmth and quiet emotional force. Songscope described “Burns” as “a three-and-a-half-minute meditation on emotional elasticity, built on subtle shifts rather than dramatic peaks,” while Akt Music called “Winter on the Vine” “a dark pop lament shrouded in analog beauty - music that breathes rather than shouts.”
The project’s name, TRALALAS, takes inspiration from Hubert Selby Jr.’s 1964 novel Last Exit to Brooklyn, reflecting Alsinger’s interest in the tension between beauty and darkness.
Alsinger credits the completion of Ornament to a close circle of collaborators: Thomas Li, Thomas Golsen, Francis Nørgaard Jensen, Heidi Lindahl, and Nils Lassen. The result is a confident, analog-driven debut - rooted in authenticity, craft, and the quiet persistence of an artist returning to his core.
Album release: November 14, 2025 via Aenaos Records
Formats: Digital and Limited Edition Vinyl
https://tralalas.bandcamp.com/album/ornament
Singles available now: “Winter on the Vine” · “Burns”
Streaming: All major platforms
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[Links]
https://aenaos-records.com/tralalas
https://tralalas.bandcamp.com
