For a Minor Reflection is a post-rock band from

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. Their self-produced debut album ''Reistu þig við, sólin er komin á loft...'' (which translates as "Rise and shine, the sun is up") featuring six songs lasting an hour in total, all recorded over a weekend in

. The record, as well as their energetic live shows, earned them a slew of accolades, including favourable comparisons to

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. Their fellow Icelanders Sigur Rós even described them as “a band with the potential to out

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” and invited them on a 15 dates European tour with them in November 2008.

History

Starting life as a hard rock duo in a tiny garage in Reykjavík, Iceland, For a Minor Reflection morphed into an indie rock trio (for a week or so) and a blues quartet (for a little longer) before finally arriving at their current incarnation as instrumental post-rockers. For a Minor Reflection (2008)

Discography

* '' Reistu þig við, sólin er komin á loft...'' (2007) * ''Höldum í átt að óreiðu'' (2010) * ''For a Minor Reflection E.P.'' (2011) * ''Live at Iceland Airwaves'' (2013)

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* {{Authority control For A Minor Reflection Musical groups from Reykjavík