Icelandic Alt-Pop artist Axel Flóvent has released new EP, Fleeing The Shore, out now via Nettwerk. With Fleeing the Shore, Axel recorded alone in his home in Húsavík, Iceland, with “a sense of simplicity.” This was a departure from previous approached.

The EP traces “change, self-isolation, and solitude”, capturing the feeling of returning to a “new-old” place by returning to his hometown. By developing the songs in the same room where they were written, he creates music “rooted in the stillness of home.” The song and video for “In The Grass” are also out now.

Fleeing the Shore is also the first collection of songs Axel has fully Produced by himself in his home studio.

Axel shares:

If I had to choose three words to describe this EP, they would be change, self-isolation, and solitude. These songs explore different forms of change, changes of the mind, of place, and a longing for transformation in general.

I isolated myself while writing and recording these songs. I tend to do that anyway, but usually I’ve had the privilege of working with amazing producers who take my ideas to another space and time. With this project, though, I wanted to keep the songs in the same room they were written, to make everything feel a little more naked, closer to the core.

Axel Flóvent is an Icelandic indie-folk artist from the northern town of Húsavík, where he recently returned after years in Reykjavík and abroad. Rooted in the wide-open landscapes of his home country, Axel’s music blends melancholic Indie Folk with Nordic atmospheres and subtle traces of Indie Rock, Ambient, and Electronic music.

Across five EPs, Forest Fires (2015), Quiet Eyes (2017), Youthful Hearts (2018), Tourist (2020), Coexist (2022), and two albums, You Stay by the Sea (2021) and Away From This Dream (2024), Axel has refined his sound.

He has toured extensively throughout Europe and North America, with headline runs and support slots for artists such as Ásgeir, Mumford & Sons (Iceland Airwaves, 2017), The Paper Kites (EU & UK, 2019), and Radical Face (North America, 2020).

UK/EU TOUR DATES 2026:

Oct 14 – The Grace – London, U.K.

Oct 15 – The Folklore Rooms – Brighton, U.K.

Oct 20 – Home Concert – Sibbesse, GER

Oct 22 – Heppel & Ettlich – Munich, GER

Oct 23 – Club Lucia – Austria, AT

Oct 25 – X-Tra Musik Café – Zürich, CH

Oct 27 – Die Wohngemeinschaft – Cologne, GER

Oct 28 – Lichtcultuur – Tielt, BL

Oct 29 – Paradox – Tilburg, NL

Oct 30 – Lutherse Kerk – Groningen, NL

Oct 31 – Penninckshuis – Deventer, NL

Nov 2 – Stengade – Copenhagen, DK

Nov 4 – Salt-Pyramid – Oslo, NO

Nov 5-7 – Iceland Airwaves Festival – Reykjavík, IS