Multi-instrumentalist
indie pop band Nóra had a blast with their debut album “Er einhver að
hlusta?” (Is anyone listening?) in the summer of 2010. Although the band has
been compared (too) much with Arcade Fire. Brother and Sister Egill & Auður,
started to make music, together with Hrafn, in a garage. Het team was completed
later on with Frank Arthur Blöndahl Cassata and drummer Bragi Páll Sigurðarson.
Their 2nd album “Himinbrim” (Great Northern Diver) opens with “Sporvagnar”,
a track possibly maybe made for the next James Bond movie. In each song the band is showing
how to bring a song to a climax. All songs opens with the end of the previous
song, except the epilogue. Track 5 and 10 are 2 instrumental intermezzos, some sort
of Twin Peaks moments. The most beautiful songs are “Sporvagnar”, “Kolbítur”,
“Himinbrim”, “Það sem við munum”,
“Vatnið yfir lækinn”,
but the point omega is the apocalyptic track “Hreinsun”, probably the best
Icelandic song of 2012.
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