The album explores different styles, modern jazz, folk, pop, and groove styles mixed with
impressionistic lyrics, spoken word poetry, and improvisation. The line between reality and
fiction, sanity and insanity, can sometimes be blurry, and this work explores the beautiful
landscape of characters with the hope they have the freedom to grow and flourish on their
terms. The peculiar power of superstition and dreamlike reality is also a theme throughout
the songs.

The musicians who perform on the album are a collection of Iceland’s finest from the jazz
and pop scenes. Mikael Máni Ásmundsson on guitar, Magnús Jóhann Ragnarsson on piano
and Rhodes, Magnús Trygvason Eliassen on drums, Birgir Steinn Theodórsson on double
bass, Tumi Árnason on tenor saxophone, Lilja María Ásmundsdóttir on her own instrument
the Soundsculpture Hulda, Rakel Sigurðardóttir and Salóme Katrín Magnúsdóttir sing
backings and Siggi String Quartet plays on two of the tunes. The album was recorded at
Sundlaugin Studio. Birgir Jón Birgisson engineered, mixed, and mastered the album. The
artwork was created by Lilja María Ásmundsdóttir, layout by Ágúst Ævar Gunnarsson and
Kinnat Sóley. Valdís Thor took polaroid pictures of the band members, visible on the album
and in the booklet. The image on the album was inspired by a sketch Lilja made of Anna
while composing the first notes for the album, Modern Age Ophelia.

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Tracklist

A1. Reparata And The Delrons – Panic
A2. The Angels (3) – Louie Louie
A3. The Darlettes – Here She Comes
A4. The Teardrops – Here Comes Loneliness
A5. Mousie & The Traps – It’s All In The Way (You Look At It Baby)
A6. The Drake Sisters – Smoke From Your Cigarette

B1. The Fashionettes – Losin’ Control
B2. The Charmaines* – I Idolize You
B3. The Angelos – Backfield In Motion
B4. Pat Powdrill & The Powerdrills – Together Forever
B5. The Kavetts* – I’ve Got A Story To Tell You
B6. The Ikettes – Camel Walk

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A1. Thrive
A2. You Know
A3. Afmaeli
A4. Changes
A5. A Horse Is A Horse

B1. Waltz
B2. Rautt
B3. The Thing Is
B4. I Will Die And You Will Die And It Will Be Alright

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A1. Ástarnetið
A2. Tree Without A Root
A3. Bak Við Fossinn
A4. Klettabrúður
A5. Pillow Talk

B1. Sól í Sól
B2. Advice
B3. Sisters Of The Valley
B4. Neverland
B5. Travelling Man

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A1. Einsetumaður Einu Sinni
A2. Sólnes
A3. Stóðum Tvö Í Túni
A4. Hættu Að Gráta, Hringaná

B1. Nútíminn
B2. Búnaðarbálkur
B3. Vera Mátt Góður
B4. Grafskript

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