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Sólin mun skína

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Released: Jan 1, 2010

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Sólin mun skína
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Ferdalangurinn
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Í blíðu stríðí
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Allt Gullid
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Sjonarspil
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General Info

Genre: Alternative / Classical / Indie
Location Reykjavík, Please select your region, Ic
Profile Views: 264925
Last Login: 5/22/2012
Member Since 2/12/2006
Website www.rokkurro.com
Record Label 12 Tónar // Rallye // Inner Ear
Type of Label Indie
Bio
Members
Árni, Björn, Hildur, Ingibjörg & Axel
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Quotes

"Í Annan Heim is one of the best-written and also best-produced albums coming out of Iceland this year."
Ólafur Arnalds, Icelandic composer

"Rökkurró's music is dark. It's very icelandic. They have their own sound and are still a young band that will continue to grow and make really exciting music..."
Alex Somers, Jónsi & Alex

“Delicate lullabies sung in Icelandic.”
Drowned In Sound (UK)

“Rökkurró excited us with their haunting alternative folk where heavy melancholy goes hand in hand with a light pop sensation.”
All Scandinavian (DK)

"...a spectacular development. The toolkit was extended, the arrangements have become more sophisticated, the group members more self-confident, playing music that sounds mindful and mature. ...the secret weapon of the group, in addition to its graceful compositions, undoubtedly is the thin siren voice of cellist Hildur Kristin Stefansdóttir that fits perfectly with the fairytale atmosphere."
Dirk Steenhaut - Goddeau (BE)

"Their music does go some way to representing that image in sound, complete with the cold landscape of Iceland outside; because the Reykjavik residents create that equally grand and delicate sound that, for some reason, only Nordic bands seem capable of pulling off."
CMU Daily (UK)

"Pulling lots of stereotypically icy tricks but blending it with such a heartfelt vocal and good warm dollop of strings, this is the perfect song to gaze out onto the lake (or just the main road running outside your door...) on the first proper cold day of the year."
Neu Magazine (UK)

"Rökkurró is quickly developing as one of Iceland's premiere bands."
The Muse Magazine (CA)

"An incredibly sweet Icelandic five piece. I think being Icelandic makes you auto-cute. The lady assumed British people wouldn’t like them because she thought we didn’t like Icelandic things, because of the banks and the volcanic ash. This, of course, was not the case and everyone was clearly charmed by their pretty music."
Anika In London (UK)

“Rökkurró have a cello-playing frontwoman with a lovely voice and songs to match.”
Si Hawkins - Clash Magazine (UK)

"Rökkurró are a scarily young and scarily talented young band who do exactly that, exhibiting spirit, subtlety and versatility across the course of their amazing debut 'Í Annan Heim' Very pretty in an audibly Icelandic style."
Snipe (UK)

"Rökkurró really prove there is a lot more coming out of Iceland than volcanic ash, Björk and collapsing banking structures."
Vainzine (UK)

“The folk-tinged reverie of the wailing accordion and carefully plucked guitars sends you off sailing through the clouds.”
Let Me Like It (NL)

"It happens so rarely that quite unexpectedly an album appears on your desk that is so heartfelt and beautiful from the first to last note that you want to burst into tears."
Plattentests (GER)

"The dreamy softness of Rökkurró's folk melodies, enjoyable and timeless, indicate the potential of yet another Icelandic band that eventually will be able to to be talked about at international level."
Ondarock (IT)

"It is with a full heart that I can honestly say that ‘Í Annan Heim’ by Rökkurró is one of the most strikingly exquisite series of compositions that you will ever come across."
Poptimes Magazine (US)

About

Rökkurró’s melancholic serenades are evocative of the cold and desolate landscapes of their distant homeland. Mesmerising tones and swooping strings projected against a bleak and solitary Nordic backdrop. And yet, unique warmth pervades Rökkurró’s music owed to the fragile and soothing voice of Hildur Kristín Stefánsdóttir.

Their debut Það Kólnar Í Kvöld.. (It’s Getting Colder Tonight) was released in 2007 in Iceland, Europe and Japan to great critical acclaim, followed by tour dates with iconic figures of the Icelandic music scene múm and celebrated neo-classical composer Ólafur Arnalds.

Three years on Rökkurró have finished their magnum opus: Í Annan Heim (In Another World) produced by Alex Somers, partner and music collaborator of Jónsi Þór Birgisson (Sigur Rós). Í Annan Heim is a collection of nine graceful compositions that showcase a darker, more expansive and mature sound, full of meticulously crafted melodies, complex arrangements and smooth sonic textures.

Rökkurró are picking up influential fans on their travels: they were selected by Clash Magazine to play at the Nordic Music Export clubnight Ja Ja Ja in London in October 2010. Their music may be from another world, but with this tour (and an accompanying EP release in the UK to lay the ground for Í Annan Heim) Rökkurró quietly continue their conquest of hearts and minds here on planet Earth.