“Strangelet” is the debut album by “Eventstellar”, a transcendental rock project founded by Jesse Rómlárson, Jon Gilmour, Eoin Belfield and Nevan Lochlann. Recorded between January to April 2017 in Reykjavik, Iceland, Dublin, Ireland and London, England. The album was brought to life by a rotating team of collaborators and sound engineers in a series of minimalist field setups.

Blending ambient textures, cosmic rock structures, and lyrical metaphysics, Strangelet traces the philosophical and sonic evolution of the band. It moves from the origin of the universe to the edge of human perception, guided by recurring themes of asymmetry, entanglement, and the search for meaning in the dark.

The album takes its name from the theoretical particle “strangelet”, believed by some physicists to be a form of matter capable of destabilizing everything it touches — a perfect metaphor for the transformation Eventstellar explores across the record. Here, the band re-imagines astrophysical concepts as emotional and existential landscapes, giving form to what cannot be seen.

From the tachyonic rupture of time in the opener “Tachyonic pulse” to the fading resonance of the final track “Where the stars meet the sea”. Strangelet is not just an album — it is a journey through a fractured cosmos held together by echoes, memories, and theoretical light.

Each song stands as a self-contained event within a wider cosmological frame:

1. Tachyonic pulse
The album opens with a burst of motion that exists beyond causality. Inspired by the hypothetical particle that moves faster than light, this track captures a moment where time unravels and reassembles itself. With sharp rhythmic lines and a sense of forward collapse, it sets the tone for the strange physics that follow.

2. Population III
This song imagines the universe’s first stars — ancient, massive, and born from pure hydrogen. Their lives were brief, their presence foundational. Lyrically and sonically, the track evokes both the violence and beauty of a cosmos just awakening. It is the myth of origins wrapped in distortion and awe.

3. Electric Universe
Rejecting the notion of a cold, silent cosmos, Electric Universe is a bold affirmation of motion, plasma, and electromagnetic flow. Inspired by alternative cosmology theories, the song surges with layered energy and rhythm, suggesting that space is not a vacuum, but a living circuit of unseen power.

4. Threads of light
A softer, more meditative piece that drifts into metaphysical territory. Threads of Light reflects on the invisible connections that link people, places, and events across time. The arrangement is sparse yet emotionally resonant, as if the song itself is tracing the delicate filaments of fate.

5. The ballad of Semjase The Pleiadian
This track departs from the scientific tone and dives into cosmic mythology. A playful yet sincere ode to the mythical Pleiadian being Semjase, it blends glam rock energy with space-age mysticism. The result is both a tribute and a commentary on the search for meaning beyond Earth.

6. 369
Built around the mystical numerology championed by Nikola Tesla, 369 is a philosophical reflection encoded in rhythm and repetition. The lyrics suggest a deeper structure beneath reality, one that science and spirituality both attempt to decipher. The music moves like a ritual — steady, cryptic, charged.

7. Strangelet
The title track brings the album into a place of quantum uncertainty. Strangelet is about alternate selves, parallel realities, and the unseen consequences of every action. The arrangement is shifting and layered, reflecting the instability of the very particle it is named after.

8. Boötes Void
Named after one of the largest empty regions in the known universe, this track is a sonic descent into absence. Haunting and slow-building, Bootes Void conjures a sense of isolation and awe. It is the sound of drifting beyond the reach of light, into a place where even gravity loses its grip.

9. Beyond
After the stillness of the void, Beyond offers a hopeful surge. It is a song about pushing past known limits, about the dream of expansion and discovery. With brighter chords and rising melodies, it serves as a musical ascent back toward light and possibility.

10. Where the stars meet the sea
Closing the album, this track returns to the emotional realm. It is a song about memory, longing, and the beauty of endings. Here, the cosmos becomes personal again — not stars or physics, but a shoreline at night, a moment of stillness where everything converges.  Another You, Another I (Secret Track), hidden within the fabric of the album, this secret track returns to the themes of parallel selves and infinite choice introduced in “Strangelet.” Performed with stripped-down intimacy, it explores the emotional weight of cosmic possibility. The lyrics suggest that for every version of us lost to time, another continues — echoing through folds of reality. It is the quiet epilogue to a journey that never truly ends.

Strangelet is the result of collective vision and shared exploration, shaped by voices from Iceland, Ireland, and beyond — a convergence of minds across borders, united by sound and space.

Release date:
May 29, 2017

Producers:
Graham Ashcombe
Manley Brown
Matt Dublin
Rúnar Sigurðsson

Additional Vocals by:
Éowyn Árnadóttir

Engineered and recorded by:
Sōun Kanda

Mixed by:
Einar Solheim
Asher Parsons
Matt Dublin
Cian Solheim

Mastering engineers:
Thor Linanne & Magnus Thomasson

Label:
Madelos Music International

Recorded at:
Skógafoss Studios

Mixed and Mastered at:
The Warehouse Zone, Skógafoss Studios, Laniakea Studios

Genres:
Cosmic Rock

Format:
Download & Streaming