Who would have thought this autumn would bring us Leaves from Iceland to add to the beauty of the season?
Arnar the lead singer recorded the first Leaves demos on his home computer and whispered the vocals into the mix once his parents had gone to bed. The music you have in your hands comes from these demos.
All five members are the best of friends since childhood, and the gang decided to form a band - one of those rare instances when things seem to be just right. They moved into a red house in the centre of Reykjavik, which they rented from one of the greatest pianists in Iceland and continued to work on their demos.
Leaves played their first gig in a converted art gallery in Reykjavik in front of an 800 strong audience of Iceland's music mafia on Wednesday 17th October 2001. Visibly nervous they may have been, but the warm, woozy beauty of their seven-song set held the audience rapt. Afterwards, the audience joined the band at their house to party and play darts into the night.
Together they play football for a third division team in Iceland. The bass player Hallur is the captain of the team and Arnar was elected the player of year and was the highest goal scorer in the division last season. Who wouldn't want just a drop of this talent?!
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