Blind Fantasy

Blind Fantasy is the fourth studio album by Ostlandic band Rolv. It was released on August 1st, 2014.

It features primarily the genres of pop and indietronica music, with elements of synth-pop, Psychedelic rock, garage and trip-hop.

Background
On November 12, 2013, OverMusic reported that Rolv was recording a new album, and it was set to be released on second-half 2014. They described the album as their " most mature " album to date.

The album is described as a 'psychdelic, fantastic, colorful experiencia' by Lyndle magazine, one of the most important magazines in Ostland.

Max Rittsem revealed to GQ: “ ''this was our favorite album to record. (...) After a very grateful era with 'No Love', we learned a lot about what we wanted to put on on an album, so we came and said 'Let's make an album to party to, to dance to, to fuck to'...'' ”

On June 2014, Diego, during an interview with TV7, described the album as their "most experimental" to date. He said that he was “ trully excited for this new album to come out. (...) I think this album is a new great step for us, since we had the chance to innovate with our music. This album talks about a history of love and fantasies, that one guy lived, on a night like this”

The lyrics of the album describe situations of hallucinations, depression, betrayals, and confusion.

Singles
The album's lead single, "Explosion Lights" was released on October 1, 2013. The song was sent to radios in Ostland, the UK and Australia October 5, and in the United States, France and CIS on October 8. With a synth-pop electronic sound, the song features a heavy bass line, and elements of indie rock and techno music. The song topped the charts on Ostland and New Zealand, as well as reaching the top 10 in the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, Belguim, Norway, Switzerland, Ukraine and Venezuela. On January 2014, the song was certified Gold for 500 thousand copies sold in the United States.

"In The Dark" was released as the second single on January 20, 2014. The Electropop piece features a dark sound, with a base of hard synths, and elements of Trap, cloud rap and deep house. Despite the track received success instantly, it started growing slowly on popularity, becoming an sleeper hit, reaching number one in Ostland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, the UK, and Australia, among others, and the top five in the United States, Germany, and Brazil. The song sold 1.1 million digital copies on iTunes around the world on its day of release, surpassing their own past mark, with Explosion Lights, which sold 864 thousand in the same period. "Blind Fantasy" was released at the same time, as the b-side of "In The Dark", becoming the album's first promotional single.

"Running from Hell"

Demos

 * The first leaked song was the discarded song "Party ends at the 11", the song that inspired "The End" and "11 PM". It was leaked on January 10, 2014.
 * A little snippet from a second demo of "Party ends at the 11" was leaked days later. Then Max expressed annoyance saying: "that song would not appear in the final album, since they had improved it"
 * The second leaked song was another discarded song called "Afraid of Live", A song that talks about aggressiveness and sadness. However, Alan said in an interview that the song was never released due to its dark lyrics, and could be very sad and "too trap aggresive" to be in the final cut of the album.

Trivia

 * Alan Karrel said "The End" and "11 PM" have such similar lyrics because they were created from a discarded song called "Party ends at the 11"