Reykjavík Grapevine - apr 2022, Qupperneq 24

Su#’s Indie Noise
Get excited... but don't for!et to breathe
Words: Su#/Valur Grettisson Photo: Finnbogi Óskar Magnússon
Info
Su# is an established Icelandic indie
band seemingly on a mission to
bring the guitar party back. They
released their first album in 1999,
and have been active since then.
The Grapevine caught up with Su# to
discuss their latest album, ‘Save the
Swimmers.’ Here’s what they had to
say about it, track by track.
Swim or sink, that is the
question
Breathing is like swimming but
unlike swimming, breathing is
something you tend to do auto-
matically. This song deals with the
fact that swimmers are in a very
precarious position, and we should
be concerned for their wellbeing.
The song is a very caring ‘quiet/
loud’ indie guitar song, that is until
the protagonist gets up on his high
horse and claims that he ‘does not
need the questions to your answers
since he has made them all up on
his own’. What a prick!
Made

Made is an upbeat punky affair.
Very straightforward, groovy and
loud.
Dressed up in cold
Dressed up in cold. Does that
sentence even make sense to a
native English speaker? From
the tongue of a native Icelandic
speaker, it sounded cool and you
know... most people that speak
English today are not native speak-
ers. Yes, we non-native speakers
have taken English over, speaking
and writing it as blatantly badly as
we like!
Freak out
Every so often you should freak out.
It is healthy and cleansing. Moder-
ation is best used in moderation.
That is the band’s motto and writ-
ten on its insignia and blazer jacket
crest, which you will soon be able
to order from our merch store.
The Latin translation on the crest
reads: moderatio est optimum
moderatius. So, freak out to this
indie banger!
Clothes

Clothes. Do we really need them?
Most people would reluctantly
say… yes. But are they any good
for us, for our fragile human
soul, mind and spirit? And are we
perhaps altogether better off with-
out them?
Whoo

Whoo: an expression of sudden
excitement, astonishment, or
relief.
Picture yourself in a car driving on
an endless highway somewhere in
a desert in the US of A.

Then picture yourself dealing with
the theory of parallel universes.
Everything that does not happen
here on earth will happen or has
happened in another universe—
somewhere in the multiverse, (no,
not in Zuck’s metaverse).
Hey you

Industry trick #232 for making it
on Spotify and becoming Daniel
Ek(!) rich.
Action: Name your song the exact
name of another popular song on
Spotify and upload it.
Result: People searching for said
song on Spotify will only read the
name of the song, not the band,
listen to your song, thus increas-
ing plays exponentially. A 0.000001
cent of many euros can still make
you rich right? - right?
This is exactly what we tried to do
with "Hey You", which has the same
name as Pink Floyd’s well-known
melodramatic song. The plan has
not worked yet, but we are playing
the long game here.
Seasons
This song is the fruition of our
lifelong dream to write a shoegaze
song. It has big guitars and dreamy
vocals.
It is also the longest song on the
album, but also one of the best.
Happy days.
Read the longer version of this
article online at grapevine.is.
You can find the album on the most
popular streaming platforms. For
more information check Su!’s Face-
book page, facebook.com/sudband
24The Reykjavík Grapevine
Issue 04— 2022
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