Reykjavík Grapevine - sep. 2020, Blaðsíða 8

Words:
Andie Sophia
Fontaine
Illustrations:
Wikimedia
Commons
Freyr was a very popular god back in
the day, and not for nothing. He was a
god of fertility, both amongst human
beings and other living things, and
was reportedly a pretty good looking
guy. He also had some cool accessories,
such as Skí"bla"nir, a sword that you
only needed to hold in your hand and
would do the fighting for you, and a pet
boar named Gullinbursti, which had a
glow-in-the-dark mane.
Freyr had it all, it would seem, and
he probably thought he was hot stuff—
that is, until one day he snuck onto
Ó"inn’s throne and changed his life
forever.
You see, from Ó"inn’s throne, one
could view the entire world at once.
But the only thing that caught Freyr’s
eye was Ger"ur, the daughter of a
troll and a giant, who was reportedly
so gorgeous that she radiated a light
that could be seen all over the world.
Small wonder then that Freyr was
immediately sprung at the sight of her.
However, giants and gods were bitter
enemies in those days, so Freyr was
convinced they would never be.
As such, he sank into a deep
depression, locking himself in his
room, crying a lot, listening to Elliott
Smith and My Chemical Romance,
and feeling sorry for himself instead
of, you know, just approaching her and
asking her out. Unfortunately, being
a fertility god, his little pity party was
causing plants
a n d a n i m a l s
to whither and
d i e , a n d h i s
friends got pretty
concerned.
Unable to take
i t any longer,
Freyr worked out
a deal with the
giants: let me
shoot my shot
with Ger"ur, and
you can have my
magic sword. The
giants thought
this was a pretty
sweet deal, and
accepted.
F r e y r a n d
Ger"ur would have a happy relationship
together, and all it cost was a magic
sword, the loss of which would come
back to bite Freyr at the end of the
world. But that’s another story.
Freyr, The Lovesick Golden Boy
The ori!inal teen drama
8 The Reykjavík Grapevine
Issue 07— 2020
MAMMÚT - Prince
This single
from MAMMÚT’s
upcoming new
album is a dreamy,
slow pop ballad
that is really easy
to listen to ten
times in a row.
Musically, it is a
deviation from the
rawness of 2017’s
‘Kinder Versions.’
The video is an
homage to the 80s,
with an ancient
tube television
and host that talks
directly to singer
Katrína Mogensen,
telling her to go to
bed. It’s dreamy,
poppy, and I can’t
stop playing it. SPO
Jökull Logi
- Blue Mountains
Do you like jazz?
Even if you don’t,
this soothing
saxophone-synth
combo is sure to
get your fingers
snapping. Either
that, or it will
completely stress
you out. Depends
on how you feel
about saxophones,
I guess. SPO
Kristín Sesselja
- FUCKBOYS
There are a lot of
emotions going
on in this cheerful
sounding song. The
lyrics are angry,
confused, and sad.
But the music is
cheerful, crisp and
makes me want to
dance. Dear Kristín,
I know you’re mad
at all the boys, but
I’m going to dance
to your song about
it anyway. SPO
Inga Björk
- Anddyri
This song does
something
interesting with
fingerstyle guitar,
which is something
I never thought I
would say. There
is a phrase on
the guitar that
is repeated
throughout the
song. The e$ect is a
haunting song that
stays with you. SPO
Iris Arins
- Moon Skin
Some readers
might know Iris
Arins through
the curious
experimental band,
Grúska Babúska.
Now she is going
solo. Moon Skin is
a slow trip-hop-
ish song with the
good old “krútt”
Icelandic accent.
But Iris' excellent
voice holds the
delicate balance
together. It’s a
good start. VG
Eivør - Let It Come
Eivør is, well,
evolving, to say
the least. In her
new single, Eivør
breaks all ties with
the strong artsy
Faroe Islands folk
sound and goes full
pop/electro on her
fans. Her songs are
quite disciplined
pop and follow
the rules faithfully.
Is it good? It’s
intriguing. Is it
weird? A little
bit, yeah. But an
evolving artist is a
good artist. So we’ll
allow it. VG
GRAPEVINE
PLAYLIST
JUST SAYINGS COMIC
How to explain this? The idiom
goes like this in English: “It’s
healthier that your house burns to
the ground than to find a beached
whale in your first year.” And now
you might ask, what the fuck?
Well, this seems to mean that
if you find a beached whale (a
windfall for Icelanders of yore),
you will be convinced that you will
be lucky forever, living like a filthy
king, convinced of your eternal
blind luck. This can only end badly,
obviously. So, I guess it’s healthier
that your house just burns down. I
guess. VG
First
Big Morrisey fan, our Freyr (Illustration: The Lovesickness of Frey by W. G. Collingwood, 1908)
„Hollari er
húsbruni en
hvalreki á
fyrsta ári“
DEITIES OF
ICELAND
Superpowers:
Fertility,
magic sword,
glowing boar
Weaknesses:
Glowing giant girls
Modern Analogue:
Your weepy so(boy
ex-boyfriend
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