Viðurstyggð

"The evening, thus far, hadn't seen much involvement from the fairer sex but that in-balance was more than redressed by another punk-influenced trio, Viðurstyggð. Reminiscent, perhaps lazily so, of infamous female grunge band L7, they performed a set that was both smile-inducing and laced with acerbic musical wit, all backed by a grindning bass/lead guitar duo. Viðurstyggð describe themselves as being 'bitter girls' but they translate this to a far happier experience than the description would suggest, despite their dense Icelandic lyrics and low-fi nature. They finished the evening with slightly angry-sounding number that was mostly sung by their drummer, who perversely seemed to be happiest person in the room. Who want's to see Don Henley warbling away from behind a kit when, all in the name of a good cause, you had the beaming Helga doing something much more interesting?"- Ben H. Murray, The Reykjavík Grapevine, 2008