White Xmas Lies

Release Date: October 25, 2019
Last Updated: November 29, 2020

The third solo album from Magne Furuholmen was released on October 25, 2019. The album is available here. Click the links for lyrics and 30 second song samples.

 

Track List

01. There Goes Another Year (5:08) || lyrics || sample
02. The Light We Lost (4:32) || lyrics || sample
03. A Punch-Up on Boxing Day (4:38) || lyrics || sample
04. Caprice Des Dieux (4:13) || lyrics || sample
05. This is Now America (5:14) || lyrics || sample
06. White Xmas Lies (4:42) || lyrics || sample
07. Differences (3:00) || lyrics || sample
08. Revelation Song (4:34) || lyrics || sample
09. The Season to be Melancholy (4:26) || lyrics || sample
10. Snow is Falling (4:35) || lyrics || sample
11. Dark Days, Dark Nights (5:03) || lyrics || sample
12. Hells Bells (3:16) || lyrics || sample
13. So Cold It’s Hard to Think (4:11) || lyrics || sample
14. A Wintry Silence (3:57) || lyrics || sample
15. The Ghost of Xmas Past (3:09) || lyrics || sample
16. Come Back Home (3:07) || lyrics || sample
17. Father Christmas (Bonus Track)

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Detailed information about the album and variations: a-ha Discography

Excerpted facts from a-ha Diary about ‘White Xmas Lies’:

  • 08/30/2019 – Magne releases his first digital single “This Is Now America” from his forthcoming album “White Xmas Lies”.
  • 10/04/2019 – Magne releases his second digital single “The Light We Lost” from his forthcoming album “White Xmas Lies”.
  • 10/25/2019 – Magne releases his album “White Xmas Lies”.
  • 11/01/2019 – Magne releases his third digital single “There Goes Another Year” from the album “White Xmas Lies”.
  • 12/01/2019 – Magne peforms one song “There Goes Another Year” at the lighting of the Christmas tree at University Square in Oslo. Magen is guest on NRK P1’s “Nitimen” on the same day.
  • 12/04/2019 – Magne performs a 1-hour long exclusive “White Xmas Lies” concert at Kulturkirken Jakob in Oslo. Magne and others hand out soup and bread before the concert which starts at 13:00. Magne has an 8-piece band on stage with him (Karl Oluf Wennerberg, Even Ormestad, Morten Qvenild, Tini Flaat Mykland, Madeleine Ossum, Emilie Heldal Lidsheim, Ingvild Nesdal Sandnes and Dan Sunhordvik). A horn section from the Salvation Army joins for the last song: Snow is Falling / The Light We Lost / A Wintry Silence / The Season to be Melancholy / Caprice Des Dieux / This is Now America / You Can’t Have it Both Ways (performed by Tini) / So Cold It’s Hard to Think / White Xmas Lies / Revelation Song / There Goes Another Year. A second private show takes place at 18:00.
  • 12/24/2019 – Magne releases his digital single “Father Christmas” from his album “White Xmas Lies”.
  • 12/26/2019 – Magne releases his digital single “A Punchup On Boxing Day” from his album “White Xmas Lies”.