Taken from Útidúr's Facebook page:
"Útidúr is one dirty dozen that’s making a buzz like an army of bumblebees. Imagine if Beirut and Calexico were stuck in a Mexican standoff – Sam Peckinpah style – fending off the Arcade Fire and hanger-on David Bowie when all of a sudden Nina Simone and Serge Gainsbourg would show up with a band of gypsies. Indeed, the only thing that might break the tension could be this speedily snowballing sensation from the Reykjavik underground... This energetic group, whose members also star in numerous projects and side-projects, by nature defies rigid definitions. Shifting between the sparse and the cataclysmic with groove-infested ease this is one twelve-some that is able to seize attention like an earthquake and then sweep you off your feet like a tornado. Mostly though they seduce you softly and surely until you realize your stuck in their web, you might even be tricked to feel like you..ve always been part of them. From then on you are at their blissful mercy. To find out if this rings true check out this colorful consortium."
What a bloody great description!
If this inspires you to listen to them, point your bestest browser this-a-way
I've seen them live 3 times, and am looking forward to more at Iceland Airwaves music festival later this week....
...and many more bands besides...
...watch this space!
"Útidúr is one dirty dozen that’s making a buzz like an army of bumblebees. Imagine if Beirut and Calexico were stuck in a Mexican standoff – Sam Peckinpah style – fending off the Arcade Fire and hanger-on David Bowie when all of a sudden Nina Simone and Serge Gainsbourg would show up with a band of gypsies. Indeed, the only thing that might break the tension could be this speedily snowballing sensation from the Reykjavik underground... This energetic group, whose members also star in numerous projects and side-projects, by nature defies rigid definitions. Shifting between the sparse and the cataclysmic with groove-infested ease this is one twelve-some that is able to seize attention like an earthquake and then sweep you off your feet like a tornado. Mostly though they seduce you softly and surely until you realize your stuck in their web, you might even be tricked to feel like you..ve always been part of them. From then on you are at their blissful mercy. To find out if this rings true check out this colorful consortium."
What a bloody great description!
If this inspires you to listen to them, point your bestest browser this-a-way
I've seen them live 3 times, and am looking forward to more at Iceland Airwaves music festival later this week....
...and many more bands besides...
...watch this space!
