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Worm Is Green started as the bedroom electronica project of Arni Asgeirsson, who soon enlisted longtime friends from his hometown of Akranes, Iceland (population 5,500) to flesh out his melodic soundscapes. Solidifying into a group, Worm Is Green began recording the songs that would become Automagic, released overseas in 2004 on Iceland’s Thule Musik (home of Múm and The Funerals) and now available in the U.S. on The Arena Rock Recording Co.
Critically praised throughout Europe, Automagic is a wondrous album that pairs Asgeirsson’s intricate sound constructions with a potent rhythm section and the haunting, otherworldly vocals of Gudridur Ringsted. Her ethereal singing peppers a record that flits between ambient dream pop and slightly menacing electro-organic music with beats.
Ringsted shines brightest on a risky cover of Joy Division’s beloved “Love Will Tear Us Apart,” a dramatically different take on a classic that was recorded as a request from Thule Musik’s owner. “He wanted to hear a chillout version with female vocals,” Asgeirsson notes. “The result was very surprising, and everybody liked it, so we decided to put it alongside the other tracks we’d previously recorded for Automagic
.” Elsewhere, Worm Is Green focus on creating their own memorable songs, starting in Asgeirsson’s bedroom, and in one case, at his grandfather’s jewelry shop, where he recorded samples of Icelandic stones rubbing together and turned them into beats.
Critically praised throughout Europe, Automagic is a wondrous album that pairs Asgeirsson’s intricate sound constructions with a potent rhythm section and the haunting, otherworldly vocals of Gudridur Ringsted. Her ethereal singing peppers a record that flits between ambient dream pop and slightly menacing electro-organic music with beats.
Ringsted shines brightest on a risky cover of Joy Division’s beloved “Love Will Tear Us Apart,” a dramatically different take on a classic that was recorded as a request from Thule Musik’s owner. “He wanted to hear a chillout version with female vocals,” Asgeirsson notes. “The result was very surprising, and everybody liked it, so we decided to put it alongside the other tracks we’d previously recorded for Automagic
.” Elsewhere, Worm Is Green focus on creating their own memorable songs, starting in Asgeirsson’s bedroom, and in one case, at his grandfather’s jewelry shop, where he recorded samples of Icelandic stones rubbing together and turned them into beats.
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Morning Song
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Outline
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Walk Thru
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Small Reverb
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Sunday Session 1.0
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Amazing Things
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Drive Thru
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Love Will Tear Us Apart
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The Politician
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Shoutbox
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globalsunset wrote:
I love the other stuff, but Electron John is seriously underplayed around these bits ;)
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HervalMovement wrote:
finally i got my copy :)
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efemerycznie wrote:
How is that possible that there are so many wonderful musicians on the island? They have a magic nature :)
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lisceverasnia wrote:
цудоўны альбом, хлопцы!
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TOOUUR wrote:
ну. пуш плей-то поболе доставляет. однако, группа - молодцы.
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latenightchaos wrote:
shit ! new album ! great ! tnx "hervalmovement" ...... :)
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HervalMovement wrote:
glow is great i want to get my copy but i cant :((( .... if you no still hear glow click in the link :D http://wormisgreen.bandcamp.com/album/glow-2
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fragilpersefona wrote:
а группа клёвая!
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fragilpersefona wrote:
малы,дружы са мной и не сорься!ну прости!
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HervalMovement wrote:
love these guys really good music style!!!!!!!!!!!!! <33333 ♥
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JezusiaChytrus wrote:
my machines <3 cuuudo *-*
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raivenn13 wrote:
Another amazing Icelandic band. How is that possible that there are so many wonderful musicians on the island which have only 300.000 inhabitants?!
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Ruderalis wrote:
Electron John )
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Wechr wrote:
@outre21 Same here, although it popped up in my recommendations :) Gonna check out Autogamic now
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outre21 wrote:
While listening to a random last.fm radio this just popped up in the playlist... A very nice discover... Yeap, be a subscriber, as it goodies. ;)
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summerdreamin wrote:
Hi! Please visit Scandinavian Girls, the place for the lovers of female Scandinavian voices. Let's share our favourite artists, find new ones and listen to our exclusive radio! :)
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xgeorgx wrote:
http://www.last.fm/group/Nordische-Musik.de
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arnitei wrote:
Automagic is now available at wormisgreen.bandcamp.com, ..7 bucks for the whole album in FLAC format or lower quality, you decide..
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pissikka wrote:
awesome sounds. scandinavian music rules.
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sickandroid wrote:
Lovely sounds, they moves me into other kind of world
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