“David Floyd” is the second extended play by Eventstellar, released worldwide through Sólir Music on March 6, 2018. The EP was produced by Kjartan Parsons, Manley Brown, Devin Matthews, and Rúnar Sigurðsson, with co-production by Homen Sigurðsson. The recording sessions took place in January 2018 between Skógafoss Studios in Reykjavik, Iceland and The Warehouse Zone in Dublin, Ireland. Engineering was led by Sōun Kanda, with mixing by Cian Solheim, Einar Solheim, and Asher Parsons. Mastering was completed by Thor Linnane and Magnús Thomasson.
With seven tracks, David Floyd expands Eventstellar’s sound into a more psychedelic, political, and mythopoetic dimension. It is an ode to forgotten utopias, post-war ghosts, and the emotional residue of a generation raised under surveillance and silence. The EP simultaneously serves as a fragmented tribute to a vanished musical era—echoing the experimental edge of 70s psychedelia and the melancholic pulse of post-rock futurism.
The title track, David Floyd, functions as an abstract overture. Built across bizarre movements, it blends hypnotic riff-driven psychedelia with distorted chants and surreal atmospheres. Both a tribute and an enigma, it calls out to a shadow figure—a spectral presence suspended between myth and memory.
Acid rain over the tower follows as a dystopian lament. With verses like “Empires of rust / In the acid of time,” the song critiques power structures corroded by greed, entropy, and environmental decay. Its tone is bitter and reflective, drawing imagery from collapsing monuments and dreams lost in industrial storms.
Cosmology Domine is a soaring hymn to the universe itself. Combining cosmic lyricism with melodic drive, it explores the vast serenity of space while hinting at the spiritual hunger beneath modern science. It invites the listener to dissolve into stardust, to rediscover divinity in matter and silence.
Iron Curtain channels the paranoia and repetition of historical cycles. Inspired by themes of division, control, and forgetting, the track moves between observation and accusation: “The barrier is us / The war is within.” It is both personal and geopolitical, reflecting the cold inertia of a fractured world.
The Ballad of Romany Gilmour is a poetic dedication to a muse born under celestial signs. Written as both prophecy and memory, the track envisions Romany as a reincarnation of musical legacy—an empress of tone, a timeless echo from an elder flame. With its lyrical depth and emotional crescendo, it becomes the spiritual core of the EP.
The Dark Side of the Sun introduces a groovier, more experimental rhythm—blending warmth and shadow in equal measure. Drawing from the feeling of eclipse and absence, the song explores the emotional space where clarity fails and instinct takes over. It is a meditation on uncertainty, carried by a strange internal beat.
The closing track, The Sound of Time, is a requiem for lost eras. Built around lyrical fragments and melodic references to past anthems, it gently dissolves into resignation. Lines like “The time is gone / The song is over / But the echoes never fade” express the EP’s final theme: time erodes all things, but memory resonates long after the moment has passed.
David Floyd stands as a layered and introspective work in Eventstellar’s discography. It bridges nostalgia and resistance, mythology and decay, while continuing the project’s pursuit of transcendence through sound.
Release date:
March 6, 2018
Producers:
Kjartan Parsons, Manley Brown, Devin Matthews, Rúnar Sigurðsson &Homen Sigurðsson.
Engineers:
Sōun Kanda, Cian Solheim, Einar Solheim, Asher Parsons, Thor Linnane and Magnús Thomasson.
Label:
Sólir Music
Recorded at:
The Warehouse Zone
Mixed and Mastered at:
Skógafoss Studios and The Warehouse Zone
Genres:
Psychedelic Rock & Dream Rock
Format:
Download & Streaming