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Akranes, Iceland

Worm Is Green started as the bedroom 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 Arena Rock.

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 and slightly menacing 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 version with ,” 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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  • DarkReality

    Lyrics are pretty standard but the music is absolutely fantastic. I could almost do without her vocals. Or maybe just an instrument doing the vocal melody instead of her singing. That's just me though.

    March 2012
  • DJNikki

    Brilliant<3

    January 2012
  • xgeorgx

    the name translated into frensh? may anyone give me a little help? ;) ver est vert? still don't see any sense or joke...hmm

    January 2012
  • CRAZYBALLIZTIK

    Many great tracks with nice beat.

    January 2012
  • ThomKa85

    ég elska þessa hljómsveit

    December 2011
  • E1haZ

    Великолепная музыка! Вокал просто супер.

    December 2011
  • Ashei

    splendid

    August 2011
  • MarcPandaBear

    The name of the band takes all its meaning translated in french imo. [2] :)

    August 2011
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Glow nominated at the independent music awards

9 Feb 2010 | from wormisgreen.com/news.html

Glow just got nominated for best album in the dance/electronica category at the independent music awards, we are all very excited !

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