“Opp Ned” marks the beginning and the end of our record, in that it was the first song we started writing together as a four-piece back in 2022, at the time when Markus had decided to quit the band. It all started with a drum pattern we all loved over a riff that came off as a little too metal for LÜT, so we put it on the shelf and continued working on our record. In summer 2024, we were wrapping up the album and had nine finished tracks, and an album we grew to love more and more, but we felt that we were missing something.
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It was after a gig in Vadsø, Norway, whilst we were doodling around with our guitars in a hotel room, that we finally came up with a riff that sounded new and fresh over the “metal” drum and bass pattern. We felt saved. A little while later, we had the lyrics—nine tracks became ten. With “Opp Ned,” our third album was a wrap, and we reached full circle.
The lyrics in “Opp Ned” mark the ups and downs we’ve experienced when working together and in our personal lives, and how, in the really bad periods, it only takes one missed step for it all to go spiralling back down. The song is meant to encourage picking yourself up over and over again, no matter what.
It has been a wild journey, and this track has become the favourite song on the record for some of us. We hope you will love it as well.
BIO LÜT
The year is 2014, and the Tromsø-based band that eventually gets the name LÜT sees its inception in hermetically sealed boys’ rooms where hormones and teenage anxiety flowed freely. The result is sharp and distinctive rock, capturing fans from both the underground and the mainstream.
Fast forward to 2024, and LÜT has played at Summer Breeze (DE), Motocultor (FR), Spot Festival (DK), by:Larm, Slottsfjell, Bukta, Malakoff, Trondheim Calling, Vinje Rock, and Tons Of Rock. LÜT has been nominated for Best Newcomer at the Norwegian Grammys (2017) and P3 Gull (2017) awards.
They received praise from Lars Ulrich (Metallica) on his podcast “It’s Electric.” Their album “Mersmak” from 2021 received a 5/6 rating in Rolling Stone Magazine, leading them to support Germany’s big heroes DIE ÄRZTE on a stadium tour in front of 80,000 people in 2022, and then for Skambankt on their farewell tour in Norway in 2022. Hello 2025, and a new decade of modern Northern noise.
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