Dave Helgi Johan - All My Love (single)
Hailing from a small Icelandic community in Gimli, Manitoba, Canada. Dave Helgi Johan moved to Byron Bay, Autralia, in 2019 to actively pursue music full time as a solo musician while playing and collaborating with many local artists. His sound has been described Lofi Indie,Folk and Alt Country. „I have been living abroad for just over 5 years now. I adore my family and ‚All My Love‘ to me is a bit of a love letter to them. A song to let them know I’m okay and I do think about them often. I hope this song will comfort anyone else who is away from and missing their family.“
Dave has performed and toured for the last decade in countless acts. Recorded and released a handful of albums and music videos in past groups and has finally committed himself to a solo career. He has opened for the likes of Mac Demarco, Kim Churchill, PS I Love You and The Mowgli’s. He has played many music festivals including Canada Music Week, Winnipeg Folk Festival, in Australia Byron Bay Surf Festival, Arlie Beach Festival of Music, Strum Fest, Great Barrier Reef Festival and more. Having travelled and toured on and off throughout Australia in a van from February 2019 up until the present day, Dave Helgi Johan has been writing and recording this whole album in the van, sometimes in a hostel dorm room and even a wagon at The Arts Factory in Byron Bay, NSW, Australia. Playing every instrument and sometimes even borrowing different instruments from friends and other musicians to fill out these tracks, this album has been a process with some road sblocks along the way and without a doubt is a labour of love.
The arrangement somehow reminds the listener of the 80s but the lyrics present timeless reminder that we should tell those we hold dear that we love them. Heartfelt, seemingly simple yet meaningful lyrics like this pull the heart strings, making us realize what really matters. We hear love and longing in Helgi Johan's delivery, quite in contrast with the upbeat arrangement. Overall, an optimistic track showing care and compassion.
"But I will write it all down
I promise I’ll be back in our hometown
Always running away
There’s just so much road on this highway"