brand! new! Ólöf!
05May09
Last year we fell hard for Icelandic folk singer Ólöf Arnalds — so hard, in fact, that her masterful debut Við og við landed in our top records of the year (although, to be fair, the weird kinship with Iceland we’ve managed to cultivate over the last few years probably didn’t hurt).
So, you know, we lost our minds with excitement when Stereogum debuted a new track from Ólöf’s upcoming album (we even got over the fact that she didn’t give it to us first!) An initial listen reveals that this could be a Great Leap Forward on par with the last Sprengjuhöllin record. Children’s choirs, loop-de-loop refrains — we can’t wait to hear more.
Awesome, I never did thank you guys for turning me on to her first record… was in my top 5 for the year….
So glad! Mine too!
UPDATE!!: NEW YORKERS — Olof Plays Union Hall tonight! See you there!
is the new album likely to turn up on emusic?
Sweet, her last album is one of my favorite Emusic albums.
We hope so, JTO! She isn’t signed anywhere right now, so we’ll all cross our fingers and see.
She’s playing again tonight in Brooklyn — I can find out where if anyone is interested.