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The 10 Icelandic bands you need in your life
To mark Iceland day, these are the best musical exports from the beautiful island country
Amiina: Formerly Sigur Ros' percussion section, Amiina broke rank and released their debut album, Kurr, in 2007. A peerless record for its time, the album featured instrumental tracks performed on instruments such as the theramin, the glass harp and the 'musical saw'. So not the conventional band set up. After expanding their line-up for second album Puzzle in 2010, the collective have since established a small, but loyal and perfectly formed fanbase. Beautiful music for the small hours.
Tags: Of Monsters and Men, Bjork, Sigur Ros
Tags: Of Monsters and Men, Bjork, Sigur Ros
17 June, 2014: Today is Iceland day, a time to stop and have a think about the wonders that take place on that strange, volcanic Island far into the Northern Hemisphere.
National Iceland Day celebrates Iceland becoming independent from Denmark in 1944, which can't ever have made sense - because the two countries are thousands of miles apart. But what do we know about geographical politics? We're here for the music, and boy, has Iceland given us some special stuff over the years.
A land like no other, Iceland has produced some of the most innovative, unique and beautiful bands and artists of our generation. From unfathomably bonkers female stars to epic, stadium-filling post rock and girls who play the theramin, to celebrate National Iceland Day, these are the Icelandic bands you need in your life.
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