Barbro’s raw and intimate alt-pop songs have established them as one of the most progressive voices on the Danish music scene. With their new album, the Copenhagen-based musician invites us into a sonic space where personal stories, global tremors, and layered sound collages intertwine into one living, porous whole. In February, Crossfade will be performed live for the very first time, when Barbro plays their release concert at ALICE. Ela Lung will open the night.

In a deserted art classroom at Barbro’s old elementary school—closed down and left behind like quiet, dusty shell forms—they rediscovered both memories and material. It was here that the Copenhagen musician created their second album, Crossfade, as a collage experiment where old demos, diary notes, paintings, recordings, and moods weave into each other and unfold into ten alternative folk- and alt-pop compositions rich with emotional depth and flickers of hope. The album was produced in close collaboration with Villads Tyrrestrup Øster (Liss, Smerz, Elias Rønnenfelt), Aase Nielsen (Dean Blunt, Okay Kaya, TLF Trio), and mixing engineer Flemming Rasmussen (Metallica).

With the album title Crossfade, Barbro challenges the idea of clear beginnings and definitive endings. Instead, a soft, gliding movement between states emerges—where two phases can exist side by side, equally strong, equally fragile—opening a space for life’s difficult transitions. With Crossfade, Barbro steps out of the inward-looking sphere that shaped the post-corona debut Bad Choices and into something more open, pulsing, and curious. Voices, places, and layers of time intersect, and the music insists on a form of hope that is not naïve but forces us to imagine a future, even after everything heavy.

With their critically acclaimed debut Bad Choices (2023), Barbro established themselves as one of the most forward-thinking voices in Danish music. Since then, the Copenhagen musician has received awards, including Steppeulven’s “Hope of the Year,” played Roskilde Festival, and supported artists such as Florence Sinclair on international tour. It is, therefore, truly special that we get to experience the premiere performance of Barbro’s new album, Crossfade, in the intimate setting of ALICE this February.

Ela Lung
In Ela Lung’s music, intimate songs merge with an alternative, dreamlike sound universe where folk and singer-songwriter influences meet electronic textures. Clarinet and double bass intertwine with spherical synths and reverberant layers, forming an intimate, chamber-like landscape that invites immersion and subtle shifts in perception. On the EP My Froggytale (2022), she unfolded a fairytale narrative about an encounter in a mossy bog through raw electronic productions. Her upcoming material points toward a more organic and vibrant expression—still rooted in folk and song traditions, but with a more rock-inflected and unpretentious edge. This evolution is also felt live. Ela Lung’s concerts balance close, intimate presence with surreal undercurrents, elevated by both a live band and performative elements on stage. Together with Sunneva Kappel on double bass and Leander Adrian on clarinet, she opens up a deeply personal universe where experiences and characters are reshaped into new forms. Having appeared at Copenhagen’s alternative venues such as Mayhem and Basement, she now returns to ALICE, once again pushing the boundaries of what a concert experience can be.