Exclusive: Vök Interview and Live Show

Indie elctro band Vök—comprised of Andri Mar on sax, Margret Ran on vocals, Olafur Alexander on bass—are one of my favorite new bands coming out of Iceland right now. Their dream pop tunes have been compared to everyone from The Knife and The xx to Poliça and Phantogram, but their music is distinctly their own.

Vök formed specifically to enter a battle of the bands competition in Iceland. The problem: They didn't actually have any songs to perform. Within a mater of weeks, Vök composed a series of tracks and performed them for the very first time during the battle of the bands. And you guessed it ... Vök won the competition.

Fans (myself included) can't wait to hear what Vök come out with in the coming year. According to band members, their full-length release will be out in spring 2015.

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[pe]

Just discovered the band and they will be peforming in a festival in my country so, maybe ill see them :) Really like em!

[brittneystephens]

I have zero familiarity with Icelandic indie bands. I'm definitely checking these guys out :-)

[JoanJetsetter]

You should definitely check them out @paula eliza. They are great live!

[OlavoLuisatto]

Hi JJ. Amazing. I liked. Where are you? Crazy. How is the life of a woman traveler? Are you not afraid? You know the whole world.. Cool. Bye JJ.