''Slowblow'' is the final album by
Icelandic band
Slowblow
Slowblow is an Icelandic musical duo consisting of Orri Jónsson and Dagur Kári Pétursson, formed in the early 1990s.Sullivan, Paul (2003) ''Waking Up in Iceland'', Sanctuary, , p. 216 Their music is an aesthetic of home-made, lo-fi analog ti ...
, released in 2004. Then lead singer,
Kristín Anna Valtýsdóttir, in another Icelandic band
Múm
Múm (stylized in lowercase) () is an Icelandic indietronica band whose music is characterized by soft vocals, electronic glitch beats and effects, and a variety of traditional and unconventional instruments.
History
The band was formed in 1 ...
, and
Amiina
Amiina (formerly Amína, stylized in lowercase) is an Icelandic band composed of members
Maria Huld Markan Sigfúsdóttir, and Sólrún Sumarliðadóttir, Magnús Trygvason Eliassen and Guðmundur Vignir Karlsson. In the past they have frequent ...
band member,
Maria Huld Markan Sigfúsdóttir, made notable appearances on several tracks of the album.
Track listing
#"Very Slow Bossanova" — 3:55
#"I Know You Can Smile" — 3:23
#"Within Tolerance" — 4:03
#"Second Hand Smoke" — 3:39
#"Happiness in Your Face" — 3:20
#"Aim for a Smile" — 4:16
#"Cardboard Box" — 3:06
#"Dark Horse" — 3:33
#"Hamburger — 4:23
#"Phantom of My Organ" — 5:09
Personnel
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Kristín Anna Valtýsdóttir —
vocals
Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or withou ...
,
accordion on track 2, 3, 7, 10.
*
Maria Huld Markan Sigfúsdóttir —
violin
The violin, sometimes known as a '' fiddle'', is a wooden chordophone ( string instrument) in the violin family. Most violins have a hollow wooden body. It is the smallest and thus highest-pitched instrument ( soprano) in the family in regu ...
on track 3, 4, 10.
*
Gyða Valtýsdóttir —
cello
The cello ( ; plural ''celli'' or ''cellos'') or violoncello ( ; ) is a bowed (sometimes plucked and occasionally hit) string instrument of the violin family. Its four strings are usually tuned in perfect fifths: from low to high, C2, G ...
on track 4.
*Valdi Kolli —
double bass
The double bass (), also known simply as the bass () (or by other names), is the largest and lowest-pitched bowed (or plucked) string instrument in the modern symphony orchestra (excluding unorthodox additions such as the octobass). Similar i ...
on track 1.
*Óli Björn —
drums on track 4.
*Pétur —
banjo on track 6.
*Kristján Freyr — drums on track 6.
*Guðrún Hrund —
viola
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*Violin family ...
on track 9.
*Una — violin on track 9.
*Hrafnhildur — violin on track 9.
*Hrafnkell Orri — cello on track 9.
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2004 albums
Slowblow albums