For a Minor Reflection
Icelandic post-rock band
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For a Minor Reflection is a post-rock band from Reykjavík, Iceland. Their self-produced debut album Reistu þig við, sólin er komin á loft... (which translates as "Rise and shine, the sun is up") featuring six songs lasting an hour in total, all recorded over a weekend in Iceland. The record, as well as their energetic live shows, earned them a slew of accolades[citation needed], including favourable comparisons to Explosions in the Sky. Their fellow Icelanders Sigur Rós even described them as “a band with the potential to out Mogwai” and invited them on a 15 dates European tour with them in November 2008.[citation needed]
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_(Iceland_Airwaves).jpg) For a Minor Reflection performing at Skífan in Reykjavík, Iceland during the Iceland Airwaves music festival in October 2008 | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Reykjavík, Iceland |
| Genres | Post-Rock Experimental Rock Alternative rock |
| Years active | 2005–present |
| Label | Unsigned |
| Members | Kjartan Hólm Guðfinnur Sveinsson Elvar Jón Guðmundsson Andri Freyr Þorgeirsson |
| Past members | Jóhannes Ólafsson |
| Website | foraminorrreflection.com at the Wayback Machine (archived August 1, 2015) |
History
Starting life as a hard rock duo in a tiny garage in Reykjavík, Iceland, For a Minor Reflection morphed into an indie rock trio (for a week or so) and a blues quartet (for a little longer) before finally arriving at their current incarnation as instrumental post-rockers.[1][2]
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Discography
- Reistu þig við, sólin er komin á loft... (2007)
- Höldum í átt að óreiðu (2010)
- For a Minor Reflection E.P. (2011)
- Live at Iceland Airwaves (2013)