Multi-instrumentalist / singer / songwriter Kristoffer Gildenlöw is gearing up for the release of his second solo album, The Rain. The album will be released via Melodic Revolution Records on April 7th,2016. Check out a new audio preview for The Rain below.

Gildenlöw will perform live on March 25th at Cultuurpodium Boerderij in Zoetermeer, Netherlands in support of the release. Tickets for the show can be purchased here.

The live band line-up on the night will include:

Kristoffer Gildenlöw 
Paul Coenradie (Aniday, Valentine)
Dec Burke (Frost, Audioplastik)
Dirk Bruinenberg (Patrick Rondat, Elegy)
David Gutierrez Rojas (Kingfisher Sky)
Anne Bakker (Blaze Bayley)
Daniël Huijben (The 11th Hour)
Rick Snel (Déva Dyne)

Gildenlöw’s eleven year career as bass player in the progressive rock band Pain of Salvation set the wheels in motion for his solo career, which took flight with release of his debut album, Rust (2013), paving way for The Rain. In addition to vocals, Gildenlöw performs a wide range of instruments and uses carefully selected guest musicians - adding strings, accordion and church organ - to make this album come to life.

The Rain is a concept album that examines the life of a man in later stages of dementia who struggles with his own reality, perceived through the metaphor of rain and clouds.

The gentleness of the piano passages oppose the angst and turmoil which lie beneath. The gentle pace at which the album progresses is reflective of the destructive force of the disease upon the man, and you find yourself at the tipping point with the track, ‘Breath In, Breath Out’. It is through this lyrically beautiful song that the realization of the end becomes apparent; leaving the listener grasping for the beauty captured in the mind’s eye.

The tracklist for The Rain is as follows:

"After The Rain pt. II"
"Holding On pt. I"
"Seeking The Sun pt. I"
"Seeking The Sun pt. II"
"Worthy"
"Holding On pt. II"
"See it All"
"Peripheral Memory"
"Breathe In, Breathe Out"
"In the Evening"
"It Was Me"
"Drizzle"
"She"
"All For You"
"The Funeral pt. I"
"The Funeral pt. II"

For information and updates go to Gildenlöw's official website here.