“Jakten Genom Skogen” by Dungen

Swedish psych-rock outfit Dungen recently announced their next album, Häxan. Billed as their first all-instrumental album, Häxan was inspired by Dungen’s work on composing an original score for The Adventures of Prince Achmed, the world’s oldest surviving animated feature film. As the press release puts it: “Moody, evocative, stormy, and brimming with life, Häxan provides both a tacit summation of the Dungen journey up to today, and gives the beloved group a chance to stretch out like never before.”

Make of those lofty words what you will. I just know this: if first single “Jakten Genom Skogen” is any indication, then Häxan is going to be something special. The song’s certainly one of the prettiest things I’ve ever heard from Gustav Ejstes at al.: dreamy strings drift lazily above acoustic guitar and jazzy drumming, and everything exudes a sense of warmth and wide-eyed wonder for the song’s duration.

Häxan will be released by Mexican Summer on November 25.