Hjaltalín - Traffic Music

Hjaltalín - Traffic Music

Hjaltalín - a lesser-known indie ensemble from Reykjavik, Iceland. Kind of reminds me of a Nordic Sufjan Stevens. I really enjoyed their debut album, the Sleepdrunk Seasons, and I think I'll grow to love their latest (Terminal), too.
Wait for the bridge: the bassoonist plays melancholy, the clarinet commiserates its woodwind relative, and together they articulate something quite evocative. It's become a habit of mine to associate music with place - not an uncommon activity, I suppose. As for this situation, my little vignette reads: crisp morning, old friends - good friends -, frolicking about an Icelandic fjord. So... basically a Sigur Rós video.