Reykjavík Grapevine - 10.05.2019, Page 27

Music 27The Reykjavík GrapevineIssue 07— 2019
Sólveig, treasuring her neck on the album cover
TRACK BY TRACK
Sólveig Matthildur -
Constantly In Love
Words: John Rogers & Sólveig Matthildur
Sólveig Matthildur is a member of
Kælan Mikla, an acclaimed solo art-
ist, and a Grapevine Music Awards
winner. Here, she talks us through
her new album, ‘Constantly In Love.’
Constantly In Love
The title track is about being con-
stantly in love with everything
around you. It's not necessarily
about love between two people,
but also about the trees, flowers
and all the beauty around you,
and living with the fear of being
hurt, so you break everything
around you before it breaks you.
My Desperation /
Your Desperation
These are sibling songs about
two people or two things that
don’t fit together, but somehow
always end up interacting with
each other in a self-harming way.
Some things in my life I just can't
let go of. Without them, all days
feel the same; with them, I hurt
myself. So in the end I regret any
decision.
Tómas
I wrote the song last year the day
one of my younger brothers grad-
uated. I am so proud of him and
I feel like over the last six years
he’s done all the right things,
while I’ve made a series of bad
decisions. In the lyrics I tell my
brothers that I will mark all the
holes and hills that I have stepped
in and tripped on with a red
mark, so they can avoid making
those same mistakes.
My Father Taught
Me How To Cry
In this song I am walking in a for-
est on a dark evening, not sure if
I’m dreaming. I’m walking home,
but it’s getting late and snow is
covering the path. I see there are
shadows following me—I start to
run, but I fall down on my knees,
hearing the voice of my father. I
cry out: “Will my voice be silenced
before I have said everything I
wanted to say?”
Constantly Heartbroken
The sibling of ‘Constantly In Love’
it’s about not being able to fall
asleep, but not being able to wake
up. The lyrics are partially from
an old poem, ‘Sofðu, unga ástin
mín,’ about when the bandit Halla
sings her child to sleep before
she has to drown her. I have a
constant fear of not waking up if I
fall asleep.
Dystopian Boy
I was sitting at a bar with a guy.
He said “I’m a dystopian guy,
Sólveig.” I thought it was very
beautiful, as I have always seen
myself as a utopian girl. This song
represents my current lifestyle—I
sing and dance in front of people
that I have a 24-hour relationship
with. Constantly meeting new
people is amazing, but it gets
lonely.
Utopian Girl
This one is about the limitations
of your own dreams. There was a
sentence that really inspired the
whole concept: “Now we are hap-
py, and then what?” I have always
been a dreamer and I have these
crazy surreal dreams. I get sad
when I wake up and realise how
limiting reality is.
I’m Ok
I made the base of this song in my
bedroom in Leipzig. I had been
upset all day and felt defeated. I
decided to lock my sadness away
and make music, and ended up
with this track on repeat, dancing
in my room. I sent it to my friend
Dylan (Some Ember); we met up
his studio in Berlin and made this
song.
The End
The final song, and the most
dramatic. The lyrics are partially
taken from the first song I ever
made solo—’Unexplained Miser-
ies I’—which is about the end of
my last relationship. Then I sing
a vulnerable poem where I admit
my pain and repeat the question:
“If I never again lust, will I ever
again hurt?” Isn't it just easier?
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