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SOUNDSPELL

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About Me

Soundspell recieved attention earlier this year when a song from their debut album, "An Ode To The Umbrella", won First Place in the Teen Category of the International Songwriting Competition 2007.The band's sound is often described as bittersweet and melodic with a lot of British and Icelandic influences, but the band claims it is more open to experimenting with musical directions now after a recent switch of members in the spring of 2008.There's an interesting mixture of music to be found in their new material, such as electronica, indie, jazz, classical, funk, trip-hop and post-rock influences. They're reinventing themselves with each song while holding onto their foundation. Band members are 17 and 18 years old. ____________________________________________________________ ______ Releases: An Ode to the Umbrella (2007) ____________________________________________________________ ______

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Member Since: 7/20/2006
Band Website: soundspell.com
Band Members:Alexander Briem- Vocals / Áskell Harðarson- Bass / Bernharð Þórsson- Drums, Playback / Jón Gunnar Ólafsson- Electric and Acoustic Guitars / Þórður Páll Pálsson - Electric Guitar
Record Label: Tuddi
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

THUG LIFE

There are two songs and an interview (in Icelandic, unfortunately) you can listen to by going to www.ruv.is/vefupptokur and clicking on Rás 2, then the 18th on the calendar, then Helgarútgáf...
Posted by SOUNDSPELL on Sat, 18 Oct 2008 08:55:00 PST

Airwaves gigs

We are playing on Nasa on THURSDAY at 20:00 with ólafur arnalds, dísa, el perro del mar (SE), lay low, The young knives (uk) and on Hressó on SATURDAY at 23:00 with Wulfgang, andrúm, borko, ultra meg...
Posted by SOUNDSPELL on Tue, 14 Oct 2008 03:42:00 PST

a rough demo of a first version of a new song up

Doddi and I finished writing 'the song only sung at night' a few hours ago and since it's a simple song we decided to record it in his room. We put it up here so you guys can at least h...
Posted by SOUNDSPELL on Thu, 19 Jun 2008 07:06:00 PST

Tónleikadómur: Sudden Weather Change + Soundspell

MonitorUppsveifla á Organ, 6. mars ..08 Sudden Weather Change + SoundspellSíðustu vikurnar hefur hróður Sudden Weather Change læðst ítrekað í eyru mér. Á endanum var ekkert hægt nema að gefa eftir, sj...
Posted by SOUNDSPELL on Sat, 10 May 2008 08:40:00 PST

Takk Siggi!

Sigurður Ásgeir Árnason, píanóleikari, hefur tekið þá ákvörðun að draga sig í hlé frá Soundspell. Það eru fullkomnlega eðlilegar skýringar á bak við þessa ákvörðun og skiljum við sem vinir.  &nb...
Posted by SOUNDSPELL on Mon, 28 Apr 2008 08:42:00 PST

Winners of ISC 2007

Hi friends and fans.It is my pleasure to inform you that our song "Pound" has won First Place in the Teen category in the 2007 International Songwriting Competition. ISC received over 15,000 entries ...
Posted by SOUNDSPELL on Thu, 10 Apr 2008 07:26:00 PST

ISC 2007 Finalists and We need your help!

Wow!We are in the ISC finals!And we need your help: Go to  http://www.songwritingcompetition.com/PVWelcome2007.htm and vote Pound as the best song!Hopefully you'll help us outlove,-SoundspellP.S....
Posted by SOUNDSPELL on Mon, 04 Feb 2008 02:31:00 PST

Semi-finalist in the 2007 International Songwriting Competition.

HOW ABOUT THAT!We just got the news that our song "Pound" is in the semi-finals in the 2007 International Songwriting Competition!!!Hopefully this will be our ticket to the U.S!All the best...Áskell H...
Posted by SOUNDSPELL on Tue, 29 Jan 2008 04:52:00 PST

Umfjallanir & plata vikunnar á Rás 2

Undanfarið hefur verið skrifað töluvert mikið um An Ode To The Umbrella, bæði á netinu og í blöðunum. Meiri umfjöllun en við áttum von á - úr ótrúlegustu áttum - og ekki hægt annað en vera sáttur. Rey...
Posted by SOUNDSPELL on Mon, 15 Oct 2007 07:54:00 PST

Grapevine CD Review !

Soundspell is made up of five boys not old enough to buy alcohol, the oldest one at 18 years old. On their debut, counting 10 songs, they demonstrate unusual musicianship for such youngsters. The song...
Posted by SOUNDSPELL on Tue, 25 Sep 2007 12:46:00 PST