DOWNLOAD: by:Larm: Hjaltalín - Traffic Music + Goodbye July/Margt ad Ugga
Further proof that it may actually be impossible to create anything ugly in Iceland: the 8-piece 60s tinged Hjaltalín community. Hjaltalín revel in the melodically simple sound of friends around a campfire (or in a circle in a beach town like the above acoustic video for "Traffic Music"), having Sleepdrunk Sessions among flowers and fireflies with everyone contributing to the playfully lush tunes. Live it is impossible to not be impressed with the overwhelming musicianship of the band. When's the last time you saw a band with a bassoon, violin and squeezebox on stage? Both songs on RCRD LBL today are evidence of Hjaltalín's confidence in experimenting with structure, the off-the-rails breakdown in "Traffic Music" and the "Margt ad Ugga" movement of "Goodbye July" show this band to be much bigger than the sum of their parts.
Sounds like: mum, Sigur Ros, the Mamas and the Papas, Moon High
