SAGA SHOP - Haust I Fall 2019

You must have encountered some of your idols along the way. Who have you been most excited to meet? Nanna : I remember one time seeing Robert Smith at a festival. As a teenager, I was just obsessed with him, and I freaked out a little bit, and I hid. Ragnar : My teenage band was Death Cab for Cutie, and we’ve met them a bunch of times, so that’s been really cool, and we’ve played with them a lot, too. Kind of weird for me, but nice. Getting a spot at Iceland Airwaves was one of the prizes of winning the IME. Do you have any advice for those who may follow in your footsteps? Nanna : There’s a lot of things that need to come together, and you need to be active: You have to be constantly at it. I think it’s also important to be open in this business… open to trying things. Ragnar : I think it’s good to be humble and not expect things to happen. And keep it up. If you feel like you’re getting too cool, it stops you. “Alligator” is the first release from your new album. It has striking dynamics and a catchy melody, but what is it about? Nanna : I feel like it’s a state of being. Sometimes you write songs, and you see it’s a love song... but this song, for me, is about the feeling of wanting to be strong, which is what I was feeling at that time. What inspired the title “Alligator”? Nanna : The soundscape of the song is very much an alligator. It’s rough, and it’s feral, and heavy in the way that it moves.