The debut album from this band from Iceland.
The band is a duo with a lineup of electronics, piano, guitars, synths and vocals.
This band is a cooperation between Addi Tryggvason from Solstafir and Ragnar Solberg from Sign and Pain Of Salvation.
The cover artwork alludes to post-rock. That is not entirely correct. There is some post-rock here, yes. Sigur Ros plays their part in the sound and music here.
There is also a strong folk rock and pop influence here. You can add in both Neil Young and Bjork here. The piano here has a very strong Neil Young vibe and so does some of the vocals and melodies.
All of it with Icelandic vocals and this Arctic/Scandinavian/Icelandic vibe.
The sound, vocals and vibe is very good. Some of the songs on this half an hour long album does not pass muster. The music is very original and this gives the album extra quality.
This is indeed a good album and I hope we will hear a lot more from this band in the future. Now, I need to dig out my newly purchased Icelandic crime noir books again...
3 points
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