After today’s concert in New York, Fufanu will tour a dozen European countries, and all of that even before the relase of their debut album, “Few More Days To Go”, at the end of November.
Iceland
The trio of Andri Már, Margrét Rán and Ólafur Alexander formed in 2013 and shortly after won the Icelandic equivalent to Battle of the Bands, Músíktilraunir. In 2014, Vök they released their lauded debut EP, “Tension”, and in May “Circles” followed, serving up another four really great alternative electropop tracks.
The trio of Andri Már, Margrét Rán and Ólafur Alexander formed in 2013 and shortly after won the Icelandic equivalent to Battle of the Bands, Músíktilraunir. In 2014, Vök they released their lauded debut EP, “Tension”, and in May “Circles” followed, serving up another four really great alternative electropop tracks.
Iceland somehow can’t stop producing fascinating new bands, each one having its own recipe for how to reinvent songwriting. And its own reason. Reykjavík-based Stígur (meaning both ‘path’ and ‘name’) formed in August 2014, almost five years ago after the singer Árni Freyr Haraldsson’s great grandfather died.
Iceland somehow can’t stop producing fascinating new bands, each one having its own recipe for how to reinvent songwriting. And its own reason. Reykjavík-based Stígur (meaning both ‘path’ and ‘name’) formed in August 2014, almost five years ago after the singer Árni Freyr Haraldsson’s great grandfather died.
“It’s a song about hope. Hope to find someone but at the same time enjoying the ride and going your own ways. Its title means ‘fortunately’,” Gígja Skjaldardóttir and Bjartey Sveinsdóttir from the Icelandic quintet Ylja tell us about “Sem Betur Fer”.