Icelandic/Swedish duo Brother North have been making music together for a decade with the culmination so far being the release of their great folk and post-rock self-titled debut last year.
♪♫ Listen: “Northbound”
Brother North on Soundcloud, Facebook, YouTube.
Label: Mess Productions
The second full length by Dad Rocks! aka Snævar Njáll Albertsson, a Denmark-based Icelander, is great and elaborately orchestrated alternative pop.
♪♫ Listen: “Peers” + album stream
Dad Rocks! on www, YouTube, Bandcamp, Facebook, Twitter.
Label: Father Figure Records
About eight years in making, “Innhverfi” is the debut solo album from multi-instrumentalist Ólafur Björn Ólafsson well-known for fans of Sigur Rós, Emiliana Torrini, múm or Jóhann Jóhannsson. Austere, but rich.
♪♫ Listen: “Rétt Eða Rangt?”
Óbó on Facebook + beehype interview.
Label: Morr Music
The six songs making up this Reykjavík quintet’s debut album are a real treat for any shoegazing noise-rocker out there.
♪♫ Listen: “Everything Some of the Time” + album stream
Oyama on Bandcamp, Facebook, Tumblr, Twitter.
Label: 12 Tónar
Bleak psych-post-punk-ness with a catchy pop hook added here has Singapore Sling’s eight album rubbing me just the right way in just the right places.
♪♫ Listen: “You Drive Me Insane”
Singapore Sling on Facebook, Myspace.
Label: Fuzz Club Records
As an overture to the release of her second album this year Sóley released this mini-album sporting seven short, almost-all-piano instrumentals, which really is something different. Something quite special.
♪♫ Listen: “Krómantik”
Sóley on Tumblr, Facebook, Twitter.
Label: Morr Music
Sólstafir’s fifth album is haunting, beautiful, rich, atmospheric music that sounds like nothing else. One of the most remarkable albums of 2014.
♪♫ Listen: “Lágnætti” + album stream
Sólstafir on Bandcamp, Facebook, Twitter.
Label: Season of Mist