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Sunna Margrét is a born perform-
er. She traveled the world as the
frontperson of electro-pop band
Bloodgroup, and since the band’s
dissolution, she’s been studying
visual arts as well as DJ’ing around
town. Sunna will continue her art
studies this fall at Écal in Swit-
zerland. “Even though I’ve got my
hands full with my studies, I have
a longing for creating music,” she
tells us, “so you can expect new
material soon.”
Here are Sunna’s five favourite
Icelandic albums.

‘IV’ - Hjálmar
Although ‘IV’ doesn’t contain my two
favourite Hjálmar songs, "Ég vil fá
mér kærustu" and "Leiðin okkar allra,"
it’s my favourite album. When I was
a teenager my best friend gave it to
me and I couldn't stop listening to it.
I lived in the suburbs so I often bor-
rowed my parents’ car to go and visit
my friends that lived downtown. I
quickly learned that it was important
for me to have my own music in the
car since my mother mostly listened to
Eros Ramazzotti.
‘Bara rugl’ -
Gleðisveitin Döðlur
When I joined Bloodgroup, I didn't
know the band’s members or songs.
We had a tour coming up so we had
to practise a lot and at one practise
Hallur, a bandmate, handed me a CD
from one of his previous bands. Since
I was still borrowing my parents’ car
I listened to it on the way home from
practice that night. It was a pleasant
surprise to discover that Hallur had
another side to him. I think that’s why
we became such good friends. I like
both sides though, just to be clear.

‘Homogenic’ - Björk
It's probably a cliché to list Björk as
one of my Top 5 but I don’t care. It's a
great album and even though most of
her music is, I’ve listened to this one
the most. I read an interview the other
day where she talked about being a
woman in the music business. I've had
my share of that stupid reality, but not
nearly as much as her. The other thing
we share is being Icelandic musicians
and the most frequent question we
get is: "How has the Icelandic nature
influenced your music?" I feel ‘Homo-
genic’ wraps that up pretty accurately.
‘Til hamingju’ -
Tvíhöfði
If you don't speak Icelandic I suggest
you learn it right now, if only to under-
stand Tvíhöfði. It's really a comedy,
rather than music, but it was released
on a CD so I’m going to call it mu-
sic at its best. I can't count the times
my sister and I have quoted Tvíhöfði
throughout the years. ‘Til hamingju’
is their most played album but ’Sleikir
hamstur’ has my favourite cover. Fun
fact: The comedy duo includes Jón
Gnarr, the former mayor of Reykjavík.

‘Folksongs from Ice-
land’ - Savanna Tríóið
I would say this one is a must-have if
you are an old soul like myself. It was
released in 1964 and is a treasure.
Also: songs that are not on this album
but are worth listening to are "Jarðar-
faradagur," "Brúðarskórnir" and "Eins
og Þá," which is the name of another
album by Savanna Tríóið. On that cov-
er my dad, a member of the band, has a
nice curly mullet (sorry dad).
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Top Five Discography
Words HREFNA BJÖRG GYLFADÓTTIR Photo ANNA MAGGÝ
Sunna's Five
Favorite Albums