This indomitable work ethic stems in part from the member’s grassroots background. “There’s this blue-collar work ethic about us.” The four then dive into the story of how they recorded the album with the help of The Vaccines’ Árni Árnason -an intense three-day long process set in a cramped “bunker of undisclosed location,” as they refer to it. “We’re a very hardworking band,” Jói says. “It’s getting more collaborative,” Jói confirms, and all four agree that the band is stronger as a result.Īlthough the band’s structure may have shifted over the years, its values have not. It’s been really fun to see what we can do together.” “The songs always start with an idea and then another and another and we just stack them until we’ve got a whole song. “Skoffín became a different entity when we all started pitching in ideas,” Auðunn explains. Initially Jói’s solo project, Skoffín has had numerous line-ups over the years, but now secure in its membership, the group has evolved. Photo by Art Bicnick “A hard-working band” “The whole process was very experimental.” “We became very invested in this idea of making it sound very anxious, making it very in your face.” Jói says. Inspired by a host of new-wave post-punk musicians, the band harnesses these clashing components to heighten the album’s jarring energy. Take 60s-feel doo-wop track “Skoffín vinnur sem tæknifræðingur hjá borginni”: “if you think about it in context to the terrifying opening C# diminished chord, even this doo-wop song becomes terrifying, it’s actually nightmarish,” Bjarni explains. “We’re super directly talking about atomic bombs and mass destruction but also comparing it to having crushes on girls.” Few other bands could pivot so effortlessly between referencing the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and rising CO2 levels to the trials and tribulations of a teenager in love.Īccording to Bjarni, this was intentional-dig below the surface and you’ll always find some link back to the album’s sombre theme. “We’re sort of flirting with a bunch of different subject matters,” Auðunn explains. On reflection Jói recognises that, despite its heavy theme, the album is, as he describes, “…a really fun record to play”.Īnd there we find the central irony of the album: it’s both energetic and nihilistic, seemingly playful and panicked all at once. So, imagine the band’s surprise when the first reviews came out, describing ‘Skoffín hentar íslenskum aðstæðum’ as a “fun record”. I think we left some magic in these songs-some dread and anxiety that gets brought back to life every time they are played.” “I’ve played so much music over the past couple of years, but these tunes still really, really get to me. “When we practise sometimes, I end up trembling,” he says, seconding Jói’s account. “I feel as though there’s something in that song that’s trying to come out and kill me… the energy’s very much desperate.”ījarni nods. “I remember rehearsing ‘Sætar stelpur’ and just bursting into tears,” Jói recounts.
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Though the musicians are quick to crack a joke, they’re clearly heavily invested in their subject matter. “It’s ‘we’re going to be thrown out of society for this album.’” Songs for trembling “I actually have this really good quote recorded on my phone from Sævar,” Auðunn explains.
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But ‘Skoffín hentar íslenskum aðstæðum’ is arguably the band’s most radical recording yet. In fact, Bjarni is currently orchestrating the group’s summer takeover at IÐNÓ in place of their cancelled Hátíðni festival. Skoffín has always had a political undercurrent-all are proud members of the anti-capitalist grassroots music collective Post-dreifing.
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“Which they are,” Bjarni solemnly interjects. “I felt that my life and the lives of our generation were in danger.”
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I was talking about becoming vegan and I was just facing this existential crisis,” he continues. “We wanted to parallel the Cold War era atmosphere in Iceland to the climate crisis atmosphere that we’re facing nowadays,” Jói explains, referencing the album’s apocalyptic lyrics and jittery guitar riffs.
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Full of existential angst, the release is heavier than Skoffín’s previous offerings, but still retains the raw youthful energy that is these indie rockers’ lifeblood.
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In IÐNÓ’s airy attic space, overlooking Tjörnin, Jóhannes (Jói) Bjarki Bjarkason, Bjarni Daníel, Auðunn Orri Sigurvinsson and Sævar Andri Sigurðarson sit comfortably, sporting electric blue boiler suits and sipping coffee as they reflect on their band’s new album, ‘Skoffín hentar íslenskum aðstæðum’.