Á, by Hekla

Á

by Hekla

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vykr Just a joy from start to finish. Buy one album end up buying all; it's an addiction. Favorite track: Heyr Himna Smiður.

Kd phenomenal. delicate and gentle with a dictionary of soft stories to lull us into realisation and peace in Hekla's dark folk tales. Favorite track: Hatur.

Peter Warren Warm, atmospheric and haunting. This album will stay with you.

Daniel Tuttle I could almost accept the idea that the theremin was invented so that it could realize its destiny of being used by Hekla on this album. Favorite track: Í Felum.

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1.	Hatur 04:43	buy track
2.	Í Hring 04:22	buy track
3.	Muddle 04:29	buy track
4.	Heyr Himna Smiður 01:52	buy track
5.	Arms 04:19	buy track
6.	Ekki Er Allt Gull Sem Glóir 03:25	buy track
7.	A Way 04:13	buy track
8.	Í Felum 02:42	buy track
9.	Slit 02:40	buy track
10.	Stundum 04:30	buy track

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Hekla's music exists singularly. A one-off talent, emerging from no particular scene, ascribing to no particular rules.

As a creative tool, the theremin - bizarre, unique, and rarely heard - can be expressive, intuitive and highly adaptable. In Hekla's hands, her instrument covers an enormous range, from skittering birdsong of high frequency chirrups and chirps, to grinding, tectonic sub-bass. We are given the throbbing, apocalyptic dread of 'Muddle' and the baroque beauty of traditional Icelandic hymn 'Heyr Himna Smi∂ur' in sequential tracks on the album's A-Side. Appropriately, she also writes that the album title - Á - is similarly multifaceted in her native Icelandic: "a river is an á and also it means ouch like when you hurt yourself, and also when you put something on top of something you put it á (on) something."

Ekki Er Allt Gull Sem Glóir video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VN_o5tFaBYw

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released September 14, 2018

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