“a wonderful album. They are that rare thing: a band who arrive unheralded, unknown, and ensnare you instantly. Sleepdrunk Seasons sounds as if it was made for one reason only: to revel in the joy of making music.” - The Sunday Times
“smile -inducing, cockle-warming, discovery-making” – Financial Times
(live review)
“A touch Arcade fire but more interesting, vocals are stunning, instrumentation is awesome. Joyous and gentle. Big colourful band to fall in love with. Soul, classical. Classoul.” – Huw Stephens, BBC Radio 1
“What makes Hjaltalin ooze with potential, and more importantly, sound nothing like any of their revered countrymen at all is their unflinching knack at being able to craft both winsome pop tunes alongside audaciously experimental arrangements with seemingly effortless ease.” – Drowned in Sound
“a wonderfully warm record.” – Metro
“This is playful, frisky music that sounds like an endless summer night among friends, sliding from euphoria to melancholy and back again, lush with longing and promise. If the richness at times threatens to overwhelm, then the singing of Hogni Egilsson provides the grit that produces the pearl.” – Guardian
“Strangely beautiful orchestral pop.” – Time Out
“The Icelandic collective's UK debut is cheeky and breezy - like fresh air in London, like the sound of the morning thaw” – Plan b
The latest netsounds unsigned podcast is available to download! Every week we feature the best unsigned music from Scotland and beyond. This week the music takes you from Alness in the Scottish Highlands to Japan!
This week on the playlist: HJALTALÍN, THE SIDE, THE PIN UP GIRLS, GOLDHEART ASSEMBLY, LAD LAZURUS, CALL TO MIND, JAKIL and NOID Download and subscribe to netsounds unsigned through iTunes or listen now at Podomatic.com through the link below:
+Playing alongside ASH / SUPERGRASS /DAMO SUZUKI (CAN) / VIEUX FARKA TOURE / THE CANDYSKINS /RED LIGHT COMPANY / WINTERSLEEP / FANFARLO / HJALTALIN / ERRORS / YACHT / DJ FOOD & DK / TOTAL SCIENCE / T.E.E.D./WILD BEASTS / A PLACE TO BURY STRANGERS / GRAMMATICS /THE JOY FORMIDABLE / THE XCERTS / PULLED APART BY HORSES/ BROKEN RECORDS / MARK OLSON & GARY LOURIS / PETE MOLINARI
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and so i watch you from afar/ calories/ chew lips/ colour/ danny and the champions of the world/ data select party / detroit social club/ dive dive/ dusty & the dreaming spires/ house of brothers/ skylarkin/ sportsday megaphone / the candyskins/ the elysian quartet/ the ghost of a thousand / the relationships/ the xx/ this town needs guns/ thomas truax/ treetop flyers/ truckers of husk/ we were promised jet packs/white belt yellow tag
Hey guys! I have some pictures of you in Europavox that i wanted to share here is the link http://www.flickr.com/photos/grazielacosta (go to concerts album) and here is one of the pictures.
Hi Hjaltalín, Thanks for the friendship! I absolutely love your music! Special compliments for 'The Trees Don't Like The Smoke'! Hope to see you in Hungary soon! :) Best wishes, Melinda xx
And don't miss the EBONY BONES Show for the Indie Rock Night the 29th at EuropaVox Festival with: EBONY BONES (UK) / SINISTER SAINTS (FR) / POWERSOLO (DK) / TRIGGERFINGER (BE) / zZz (NL)
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