Svavar Knútur – Wanderlust (Spotify)
“We remind you this not so new piece from "Svavar Knútur". Selected elegant guitar melodies and slow singing ideal for all Folk fans. Enjoy again this wonderful trip that brings in mind the endless sea waves with the blowing wind passing gently from the ears.”
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This is a song about the conflicted emotion of Wanderlust. Based on the rhythm of a old polish train with a loud clunk in its wheels. Being torn between the optimistic joy of travel and exploration and the ever pulling love of family and friends.
Svavar Knútur returns with his new album "Ahoy! Side A". The title already indicates it. The five songs written in 2017 and 2018 form the first half of his new double album, which will be released next year with a sound that will surprise his fans.
One song is in the focus of this release, which will surprise with its indie rock and a determined, overflowing energy: The opener "The Hurting". Powerful and with a stoic-pounding beat, that is how we have rarely heard Svavar Knútur. In addition to the five new songs, which were created in 2017 and 2018, new recordings of four old songs will be released.
The Icelandic singer / songwriter and entertainer Svavar Knútur is a musician with countless facets, preferring to name his genre Indie Nordic Folk Pop (INFP). He manages with an ease and exuberant sympathy to enchant and enthrall every audience from the first moment. He presents his songs alongside a spread of absurd stories and meanderings, seasoned with a good dose of black Icelandic humor.
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“This man from Iceland embodies everything a perfect entertainer should be: he is a true character, straightforward with a pure and bright personality, whose genuine and unpretentious air goes above and beyond the mundane.” - Marc-Stefan Andres (u.a. Zeit, SZ, Brandeins)
Svavar Knutur’s performances have been widely praised, in both the Icelandic and the international press. The German edition of Rolling Stone noted Svavar’s exceptional storytelling, charismatic stage presence and his “soft cotton, Nordic folk reverie”. Brisbane’s Rave magazine also described the young troubadour as having “swoon-worthy vocals” complimenting the “beautiful simplicity and raw emotion of his songs”. Influenced by such songwriters as Nick Drake, Kris Kristofferson and Bonnie “Prince” Billy, Svavar has developed his own style.