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Brainlove Festival 2011 - Snorri Helgason

John Rogers | Monday 2 May, 2011 17:57

Our second interview in the Brainlove Festival 2011 series is with Icelandic singer Snorri Helgason, a former Snipe diarist who recently relocated to London.

1. Hello Snorri! We’re really happy you’re playing Brainlove Festival. Could you introduce yourself?
My name is Snorri Helgason and I’m an Icelandic musician. I recently moved to London. I’ve been touring and playing a lot for the last couple of years and I’m about to finish recording my sophomore solo album, that I hope to release later this year.

2. Tell us a bit about the song you’ve given us.
“Ólán” is a song I recorded in early 2010 live in a studio in Reykjavík, Iceland. It’s in Icelandic and the title translates to somethig like “misfourtune” or “bad luck”.

3. Do you have a favourite festival performance? Both from a festival you’ve played, and a show by another artist…
A few performances come to mind…. I saw Beck on the Midnite Vultures tour play at Roskilde festival in 2001. That was a fantastic show. Daniel Johnston at SXSW. And a lot of shows from Iceland Airwaves over the years. Fm Belfast and Retro Stefson’s joint slot at Airwaves 2008 was fantastic. The most fun show I’ve played at a festival is probably with my old band Sprengjuhöllin at Canadian Music Week 2009 at the Rivoli in Toronto. That was crazy stuff.

4. How about a few words for curious readers wondering what to expect from your performance at BRNLV Festival this May 28th?
Well as I said earlier I’m just about to finish recording my sophomore album so I will probably debut a lot of new songs at the BRNLV festival. I’m really looking forward to it but I’m also kind of nervous because I have no idea how the new songs will go down with the audience because they are quite different from my older stuff. It’s going to be interesting to see how people will respond to them. But you know, most of all I’m just going to have fun and try to catch some of the other bands playing there.

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