15 Nov 2026 · @oleaamot
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
GISKE release “Ten Visits, Ten Songs” – as air traffic in the US gets moving again
Oslo, 15 November 2026 – Norwegian band GISKE have released their second album, Ten Visits, Ten Songs, on Lydbroderiet Plateselskap. The album came out on 12 November. It’s about travelling, coming home and friendships that last. It arrives in the same week that US air traffic is resuming after the longest nationwide ground stop in 25 years.
Ten visits, ten songs
GISKE are Alex Rinde, Rune Berg and Ronnie MAG Larsen, who previously played together in Margarets. The band takes its name from the island of Giske, where Rinde and Berg grew up together. The songs were written during visits between Oslo and the island, and the title is meant literally: ten visits produced ten songs.
Musically, GISKE play guitar pop with jangling 12-string Rickenbacker guitars and close vocal harmonies. The band draws lines to The Byrds, The Smiths and Teenage Fanclub, and to the songwriters of the 1970s.
The album has three singles:
- “Light Upon the Water”
- “The Sound of Birdsong”, featuring guest vocalist Maria Due
- “August Came”
“[Quote from the band about the album – to be inserted]” — [Name], GISKE
An album about travel, released in a week of flight chaos
On Friday 13 November, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) halted all departures in the United States after communication failures at several air traffic control centres. The ground stop was lifted at 8:15 p.m. US Eastern Time (2:15 a.m. Norwegian time on Saturday 14 November), after more than four hours. It was the longest nationwide ground stop in 25 years. Thousands of flights were cancelled, and the delays reached European airports as well. The FAA expects schedules to be back to normal by the end of Sunday 15 November.
For a band that has written a whole album about travelling and arriving, the timing fits. Ten Visits, Ten Songs is about the distance between the places we come from and the places we live, and about the journeys that connect them.
Release facts
| Artist | GISKE |
| Album | Ten Visits, Ten Songs (second album) |
| Label | Lydbroderiet Plateselskap |
| Release date | 12 November 2026 |
| Format | CD and streaming |
| Genre | Indie pop / guitar pop |
| Members | Alex Rinde, Rune Berg, Ronnie MAG Larsen |
| Singles | “Light Upon the Water”, “The Sound of Birdsong” (feat. Maria Due), “August Came” |
About GISKE
GISKE is a Norwegian guitar-pop trio with roots on the island of Giske in Møre og Romsdal. The members have played together for decades, including in Margarets. Ten Visits, Ten Songs is the band’s second album.
Contact
Press and interviews: Rune Berg, post@lydbroderiet.no
Label: Lydbroderiet Plateselskap, www.lydbroderiet.no
Press photos and music: https://www.radionorwegian.com/~ole/GISKE