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Svavar Knutur

Songs of misery and redemption

About Me


Icelandic singer/songwriter full of melancholy to spray over the earth and all its merry inhabitants. Sadness is in my opinion one of the healing forces of the earth, and sorrow without regret is a powerful thing. However, I can be happy sometimes... Sing about joyful things, but happiness cannot be reached without a proper understanding of sadness.I normally don't do requests, unless somebody asks me...

Unsure how to pronounce my name? Please listen to this...

Just finished an amazing tour around Australia :-D Wonderful, just wonderful! Thank you Tasmania, thank you mainlanders... Thanks Tom and Pete and EVERYONE! (check out blog for rest...) :-D And now for something completely different!


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Member Since: 5/12/2006
Band Website: simnet.is/muzak
Band Members: Svavar Knutur Kristinsson - Singer/songwriter... various instruments - singing
Influences: Will Oldham, Nick Drake, John Denver, Komeda, Hanne Hukkelberg, Low, Grant Lee Buffalo, Kris Kristofferson, Brian Wilson, Mr. Bungle, Megas, Radiohead, Beck, Sufjan Stevens, Cake, Grandaddy, Albert Einstein, Albert Schweitzer, Chavez, Gomez, The Beatles, Beethoven, Ogh, The divine comedy, Dante, e.e. cummings, Andri Snær Magnason, Slim Whitman, many others...
Type of Label: None

My Blog

End of tour Universal Thanks!!!

Thank you Thank you Thank you and Gracias Thank you!!! As the Misery and redemption tour came to an end just over a week ago, I was filled with gratitude and humility over the awesome experience that ...
Posted by Svavar Knutur on Tue, 04 Sep 2007 07:08:00 PST

Rave Magazine Gig Review Troubadour 5. august 2007

The Troubadour - Sun August 5 Splendour, or the spectre of Monday may keep some from the Misery and Redemption Tour, but those who trek through a chilly ten degrees to the Troub are rewarded with...
Posted by Svavar Knutur on Tue, 21 Aug 2007 09:11:00 PST

Total joy in Misery and Redemption tour

Hey guys!The Misery and redemption tour is going wonderfully!Gigs have been beautiful in all places, especially in Terrigal, The Troubadour in Brisbane and the Boathouse in Port MacQuarie. Totally del...
Posted by Svavar Knutur on Mon, 13 Aug 2007 05:04:00 PST

Misery and Redemption tour Australia underway!

Hey there everyone! Just letting you know that the Australian Misery and Redemption Tour starts officially on the 2nd of August with a concert at the Excelsior in Sydney. Directly following...
Posted by Svavar Knutur on Fri, 13 Jul 2007 05:23:00 PST

Australian Tour in the works

Hey gang...Just letting you know I'm alive...Working on the preperations for my august Australia Tour.Getting a cheap flight over and lots of help from my friend Pete (www.myspace.com/owlsoftheswamp) ...
Posted by Svavar Knutur on Mon, 14 May 2007 08:00:00 PST

Last night's wonderful concert + new lyrics

Man!!! Last night was so wonderful!!!First set: Emotionally charged and difficult. Everything going on in my heart. Second set: Weird ass- funny, crazy and emotionally discharged! It was freaky!Highli...
Posted by Svavar Knutur on Fri, 09 Feb 2007 03:35:00 PST

Delightful birthday weekend...

Ahhh...My birthday is over... One year older. Spent it under iceland's biggest glacier, chilling... No pun intended.Played a good old dance gig with the guys for the folks in Höfn and everyone was so ...
Posted by Svavar Knutur on Mon, 22 Jan 2007 01:59:00 PST

Nice weekend...

I had a wonderful time last weekend... playing for people at the café Rosenberg in Reykjavik. I need however to get some "me time" soon... A lot of songs going on in my head and no finishing. It's all...
Posted by Svavar Knutur on Mon, 08 Jan 2007 07:41:00 PST

Beautiful day...

Sitting at my desk at work...I'm so dissapointed with myself, not having written a new song in months... GARH! It's making me miserable. I want to CREATE! Not sit...Need some spare time, alone time, t...
Posted by Svavar Knutur on Wed, 15 Nov 2006 06:39:00 PST

Troubador olympics over - Western Fjords Here we come!!!

Well well well,The Troubador olympics are Over. Torben gone home to Hamburg. Looking forward to seeing him again. But now, the trip takes us to Flateyri and Ísafjörður in the Western Fjords of Iceland...
Posted by Svavar Knutur on Thu, 26 Oct 2006 07:11:00 PST