Музыка и песни Bloodgroup / Bloodgroup

When Iceland quartet Bloodgroup – so-called because three of them are related (one's just a friend) – released their debut album Sticky Situation in 2007 they were dismissed as a sort of the Knife tribute band. Touring the album for two years around Europe and North America, however, caused their sound to grow in scope and scale, and their second album Dry Land was awarded the Icelandic equivalent of the Mercury prize, the Kraumur award. With their third album, Tracing Echoes, due next March next, the band have given a taste of what's to come with the first single, Fall (premiered here). Building from a distant synth pulse, it slowly unfolds with a percussion-heavy beat and sudden drum claps. Perhaps where the band stand apart from their influences is in their big pop melodies – for all the sonic experimentation and strange synth noises that emerge around the two-minute mark, it's the gorgeous rush of the final chorus that makes the song soar. Record Label: Sugarcane Recordings Style: Alternative Pop