Reykjavík Grapevine - Jan 2021, Page 24

‘Inspector Spacetime’
By Inspector
Spacetime
Space is really the most dramatic location for a
dance party
Words: Hannah Jane Cohen Photos: Art Bicnick
Track By Track
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Dance-lovers Inspector Spacetime—
Egill Gauti Sigurjónsson, Vaka Ag-
narsdóttir and Elías Geir Óskars-
son—walk us through their debut
effort track by track.
Intro
The simplest track on the album is
the silliest at the same time. The
sample at the beginning is the ori-
gin of the band’s name, which is
from ‘Community.’ This summer
we basically only spoke in ‘Com-
munity’ references, which was
very annoying for almost everyone
involved—except for us, of course.
The intro was based on this
goofy bassline. It’s very simple
and fun, which was convenient
because Elías accidentally deleted
the whole album this summer. So
we had to remake everything and
it actually sounds a lot better now.
So deleting everything was maybe
a blessing in disguise!
Dansa og bánsa
This is probably the most energet-
ic tune on the album. It’s definitely
the happiest one. We made it on
the first day we officially created
the band and just kept throwing
vocals on and creating huge choirs
of funness. The lyrics are basically
“I like to dance and bounce and
dance and bounce” so it’s basically
a song for children. All our songs
are basically songs for children.
We make songs to help children
practise their grammar. We try to
give back, you know?
When we had nearly finished it,
we thought it needed something a
little more extravagant so we de-
cided on a flute solo. We wrote one
and showed it to our flute-playing
best friend and apparently, it was
just impossible to play—just the
worst notes you could possibly play
on flute! So she helped make it not
so disgusting and now we love this
fun, fantasy-disco song.
Teppavirki
“Teppavirki” means “Blanket
Fort.” It’s definitely a lyrical mir-
acle. Our original concept was a
love song about blanket forts be-
cause they are so cute and soft and
comfy and cosy. It’s a bit dramatic
but many people have made their
own meanings of it, which we love.
Hitta mig
This U.K. garage track follows ev-
ery rule of pop music. Verse, cho-
rus, verse, chorus, bridge, break-
down and then final chorus. We
should have had a key change, but
there are some extra special har-
monies on the last chorus, so that
adds something. Still, the lack of a
key change is a huge regret of ours
in this juicy, cheesy pop song.
SMB
The “bloop de bloop de bloop”
sample is our friend Finnur and
was recorded at a pool party for the
freshman at our school. We tried
to put it in as a joke and it just fit
the vibe of the song—a little too
well actually.
Bósi ljósár
Bósi ljósár = Buzz Lightyear! In
this song, Inspector Spacetime
and Buzz Lightyear have a passion-
ate love affair. But then Buzz goes
back to space. He takes the kids,
the dogs—it’s a very messy, hor-
rible divorce, leaving the Inspector
heartbroken. It’s deep, dramatic
stuff. We’re getting into real trou-
bles here—the nitty-gritty of mod-
ern-day relationships—in space of
all places, which is really the most
dramatic place to have a love af-
fair.
Hvað sem er
We are so nostalgic for this song
that it’s kind of embarrassing. It
feels like years since we released it
but it’s only been like six months.
We like our house tunes and if you
are going to dance and bounce, you
need a house song, so we made one
and thought it’d be the perfect first
single. A safe, solid house track.
It’s always good to drop a safe song
first so you don’t get judged. We at
Inspector Spacetime are—say it
with me—afraid of being judged!
Definitely.
Inspector Spacetime
The titular track. Two words. In-
spector Spacetime.
We love drum and bass so we
had to have a drum and bass song.
It’s a simple song and the only one
where we show our tough side.
We are not to be messed with on
this track! No, the claws are com-
ing out, bucko! That’s definitely
the vibe we try to give out. We are,
as we said earlier, afraid of being
judged but also don’t mess with
us… because we WILL be afraid!
That’s an important message and
one I think we are very successful
at conveying on this album.
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