Sólstafir - Ótta (Live on KEXP)

KEXP.ORG presents Sólstafir performing "Ótta" live in the KEXP studio. Recorded December 11, 2014.
Host: Sean
Audio Engineer: Kevin Suggs
Cameras: Jim Beckmann, Scott Holpainen & Jenna Pool
Editor: Jim Beckmann
kexp.org
www.solstafir.net

[@eLuke455]

I struggle to describe the connection I have with this band and song. As a fisherman heading out to sea at 4am, these guys bring it all into context, That is all I can say.

[@ShellshockedRadio]

What a great song, I love it! I put it into my "Shellshocked Radio - Recommendations" List: kzbin.info/www/bejne/amWxl5eEqdxsrtk Very well done!

[@josuemartinez9688]

Cool

[@TILLeyeBURN]

Chills reading this man I know exactly what you mean especially hitting that water 🎣🎣🎣

[@clinshrif8523]

I wanna live at sea too..

[@dontpaniciceland]

Director of Fjara, Lagnætti, and Bláfjall, weighing in, here. And I just gotta say, this is the greatest performance of this song, EVER. Addi’s scream at 8:17 makes my bones quake, and it’s an absolute CRIME that this song didn’t get a proper music video - although, I understand why, of course.. Great band, Addi has helped me through a lot of stuff, personally, and I love these guys to death... Rock & Roll.

[@scrambler350]

Definitely the best version of FJARA....better than the album version IMHO. The vocals are much higher in the mix, raw, and emotional.

[@heartnsoullife5188]

I absolutely love Sólstafir and the videos your directed for them. When each note and lyrics is matched with stunning visuals and storytelling. When meaning meets feeling and vice versa. Just brillant work you did for them and for us , thank you

[@MarcLatham]

And the guitar building up to it from 7 minutes too. Whole last couple of minutes perfect, with all the band obviously 'in the zone'!

[@pablobarrio1270]

Bowen.......the video of Fjara....... is the perfection in itself.... Thanx for your art and talent 👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@jtclark877]

I ended up with a Hulinhjalmur tattooed on my arm from listening to them so much, heh. I'm the same way...they've helped me through so damn much.

[@chrischemlen7999]

Most underrated Band I know. Can't Believe how good these guys are. Reminds me of early Pink Floyd.

[@DieNWOsiehtAlles66]

They are headlining this year @Graspop!

[@maggot999]

I love Iceland I love Sólstafir I love Laundraumat I love Klambratún I love Laugavegur Big fan from Brazil.

[@rick.madero]

Try listen to ADHD

[@chrislambert5041]

Found these guys by accident - possibly the best band I have heard in the past 20 years

[@turnoffthesystem4789]

Agreed

[@mark-davidchandler5895]

what rock have you been under?

[@ervinasturias1857]

Me 2 they’re great ...

[@Elektron_]

Spotify put me this song in my Discover Weekly personalized playlist. I instantly fell in love ❤

[@enteriusz]

Spotify did this to me too:).

[@cyntheameow]

Spotify did this with my now absolute favorite band.

[@Zdziechu]

Same here :) totally mesmerized by this song!

[@PandeyPrashant]

Same. I liked it then but then had forgotten about it. Just the other day it was shuffled back up and now I'm here watching this on youtube.

[@kikifade12]

it happened to me yesterday

[@gabrielnunez8828]

7:00

[@cesarvelasquez1939]

La descubrí hace poco y me conquistó ..la cultura vikinga y sus paisajes💖💖💖💖

[@moeker8826]

De donde eres?

[@ticklemetorgo]

The whole song is perfection, yet for me it gets ramped up at 6:20. Unable to describe.

[@ShellshockedRadio]

What a great song, I love it! I put it into my "Shellshocked Radio - Recommendations" List: kzbin.info/www/bejne/amWxl5eEqdxsrtk Very well done!

[@endproducciones]

This is epic!! Found them three days ago and I can’t stop listening this masterpiece

[@gypsygirl731]

I like the banjo incorporated and the guitar sounds. It reminds me of a journey and being of viking heritage a rough one at that. I dig this trippy music He is committed to be heard..Everyone is great in the band ja. sorry to hear drummer was fired although he said he tried to keep them all organized and did bookings i always root for the underdog. ☮★☆★♫♪♩☮☆☮★ ❤♫❤♫❤♫ ☾peαce*¸♡ ★love °☆ нeαlιɴɢ❤tak (thanks)

[@theastronomer5800]

Can't get enough of this masterpiece. Takes me back to Iceland every time.

[@ShellshockedRadio]

What a great song, I love it! I put it into my "Shellshocked Radio - Recommendations" List: kzbin.info/www/bejne/amWxl5eEqdxsrtk Very well done!

[@Heike-y7e]

Me so

[@bilgehankrcn]

I'm pretty sure those guys are wizards but I can't prove it.

[@verandi3882]

in the record it sounded like a piano , holy shit it's actually a banjo , and guitars imitating synth ,this band is sick

[@pinkfreud62]

Sounds nothing like a piano on CD unless you've got some weird version I've never heard.

[@joeycarbombs1656]

A F**K*g mazing!!!! and this is LIVE! Easily one of the best songs out there. None of that stupid "better to be pretty than good" musicians that are out there. American radio is a joke. A hail the NEW GODS.

[@sdanits1995]

Desde el primer momento que escuche esta banda, me encanto... Demasiado buena música ! Venezuela lml

[@jesusvelaz4740]

Me paso lo mismo

[@juancarloscanoolivares9251]

Leo muchos comentarios que descubrieron a esta banda por casualidad, así es, también la descubrí por casualidad.

[@aaebzz]

I miss Gummi in Sólstafir. :/ I'ts not the same without him.

[@laszloborbely6658]

igaz!!

[@Anaximander29A]

thanks... Great stuff! I instantly ordered the album. :)

[@frenky8]

10 dislike: People who do not will feast with the gods in Valhalla!

[@leonelsanchez7165]

don't worry Frenky8, they don't know what they do

[@joacimohman3703]

One of the best songs that have been released the last 40 years 🤟

[@Sami-kg5kj]

¡Es jodidamente maravilloso!

[@lucasfernandes9425]

When the music is made with passion and emotion, whoever hears is infected by the feeling, it is the case of this disc.

[@82christos]

Vocalist strained so much he turned into a Klingon. 8:20

[@joaovictorsilva5890]

i want bands like sólstafir! Help me !

[@fro6ie]

if you find can you tell me

[@SandroLopez-lo9rn]

Excelente! !! Muy bueno. De lo mejor que escuché en estos tiempos! !! Muy original!

[@TheRaga76]

This so a masterpiece. I f.. love this album.

[@chrislambert5041]

NEVER have I wanted to see a band more !!!!!

[@jeannegirard2759]

Juste Perfect! Love you Sólstafir...

[@beavizbivrator]

Found this by accident: Listen on Spotify some random metal-> discover Weekly gives Aggaloch "Not Unlike the Waves" -> hear strange "soltafy" shout, look for lyrics -> discover Sólstafir

[@Kasper0305]

По первым аккордам узнаешь кто это и откуда. Этих крутых парней невозможно с кем то спутать. Неподражаемы и индивидуальны.

[@anavitoriagalvao623]

Adorei A Banda! Eles Têm Uma Pegada Diferente & Original! Brasil//

[@KarpNN]

+Ana Vitória Galvão Uma brasileira que curtiu o som dos caras! :3

[@resistentemente]

Ouçam - Kontinuum - Kyrr (pra citar 1), tenho certeza que gostarão igualmente.

[@anavitoriagalvao623]

Willian Efaanz Obrigada Willian! Curti Muito.

[@dandevilbr]

opa, também curto os caras há um tempo já! rs

[@lucasfernandes9425]

Opa! Br dominando aqui haha

[@claudiogutierrez5258]

No entiendo su idioma, pero su música me hace volar !!!

[@andersonvicente6874]

Esse é o poder da música.

[@GuillermoMartinez-wo7of]

I saw them perform yesterday in Cologne Germany and was amazing!!!!!!🔥

[@JP-dr7tx]

Kult Fuck !tyle lat grają a ja ICH teraz dopiero odkryłem .....kretyn ze mnie

[@theastronomer5800]

Ha ha. Sluchales Katla? Perkusista z tej grupy tam teraz gra. Znajdz "katla dulsmal".

[@HarleyThrottleJuice]

Shot them last night for an Australian media outlet, they were supporting Enslaved... stunning performance!

[@diegodmendez8180]

música incrível!!..love Sólstafir ....

[@alexsonbonygarciadapenha535]

Da vontade de gritar cantando! Que solo... Brasileiro não sabe valorizar música de qualidade!

[@MMSZoli]

Yepp, this song is awesome. The band was complete. After this period I felt loosing their drummer they lost their balls. Hopefully not, as the past songs game me so many nice moments... Even better... Is there no way to reunite? Do Red Eric's blood rules?

[@Robotooo]

7:43 Singer looks just like Will Oldham AKA Bonnie Prince Billy

[@juliavanblarcom8666]

Fantastic performance...

[@kislevesparza1514]

if the "perfect couple" were so easy and enjoyable to find how to listen to this band... (Sigh) 🖤

[@Emma-py6ly]

Beautiful song ✨

[@koreanhalaymaster]

four years ago, quiero desir, hace cuatro anos, my wife started icelandic lessons on the internet, and i started spanish. Puedo hablar espanol bueno ahora, pero no puedo entender el islandes.. Now i know only f*kin english and some spanish. I should have listened to my wife.. Whenever you dont listen to your wife, now you know, you have something to lose..

[@guillemgarcia3630]

fine, but cuatro anos means four assholes. remember that

[@koreanhalaymaster]

Ok mate, thank you :)

[@4GRIPHUS]

+Guillem Garcia Si es de america la ñ no la tiene en el teclado xD

[@Alfret17]

And "desir" is not a word. The correct word is "decir". But it's a good thing to learn spanish haha, i can show you some cool bands if you want.

[@1975bonneville865]

KEXP brought me here... and this talented band. Gyomros 😎👍

[@chiaralucatelli5633]

Fuori piove .. e io l’ascolto a tutto volume ..😍🥹🥹🥹❤️❤️❤️💔🥹

[@jwn0be]

ALL THAT PENT UP, BUNDLED RAGE SUDDENLY GETS RELEASED (i adore your music)

[@AdamRzepkowski]

6:17 - when the magic starts and the earth start shaking

[@michaelmcdonald3057]

Madre Dios! Another freakin" looper band!

[@doktermobiel]

It reminds me of the Dutch band The Gathering .. which is good since I'm a huge fan of them ..

[@jozefteplan4849]

Parádička. Ďakujem So'lstafir...

[@TheDunkatron]

what would kurt cobain sound like if he was icelandic?

[@lucashueber8393]

Duncan Arnold Suicidal. More suicidal.

[@Titoichi1986]

+Duncan Arnold Probably like Silencer

[@jake6887]

Päng!!!

[@EricaMattson-oz5op]

I heard them recently on my way to Norway. Instantly hooked.

[@Prezmas]

still cominng back to this song. Simple great

[@arthurgraham7912]

Nordic metal is the best!

[@ryszardprzybylski8968]

Ciarki przechodzą ❤

[@danin6046]

Previdan koncert, ali sam odlučila da nikad više nejdem zbog ekipe na mobitelima, jbt, cijelo vrijeme, snimam, pa Instagram, užas, DM od 91, ali...

[@DamianRivashixs]

wow, simply amazing... cheers from México ... really enjoy watching this!

[@ericcoffelt5144]

I don’t know what he is saying, but I can feel it. I feel a strong pull to Iceland right now and I’m willing to drop everything to leave and dive into a frozen Icelandic waterfall in December!

[@houyuanjia83]

You chose this path, You thought he was your friend. You pat my cheek, Stab the knives in. With dread I now sleep, I give no longer. I thought you were my peace, But you turned into an evil faith

[@XdarkflaX]

Epic song!

[@peterjarbratt9444]

What a fucking good group. But real ecstasy is not achieved until you open three tabs in the browser and play the song in all three tabs simultaneously, but with about 10 seconds time delay.

[@phonique]

yay... 5:57 // 8:03 luv it!!! this stuff is oc remix-contentable. YUMZ.

[@creggkelbae9617]

There’s not a band like this band

[@fernandomorcego9338]

Simplesmente fantástico !!!

[@orion2250]

Bought a set of beyerdynamic))) headphones and really heard this song

[@citizenheed3749]

Absolutely stunning!!!!

[@Caladras]

Look up the lyrics. This song is prophetic.

[@komonology]

how is that ?? give a brief if u please !?

[@Caladras]

Look up what happened to Gummi (the drummer) in the beginning of 2015 and compare that to what Addi is singing about.

[@komonology]

Sir David Payne cheers

[@DaniloMatosDaniloMatos]

Muito foda! \m/

[@TheManWithManyNames]

Almost sounds like Alice in chains and Nirvana epic :D.

[@marioleichsenring6234]

i love this version of the song...

[@NecrobutcherMM]

müthiş..

[@michaelhallack3991]

This beyond any awesomeness I have ever experienced.

[@Электросити-Уфа]

eargasm 100%

[@koreanhalaymaster]

Ayrıca bu cümbüş bizde niye yaygın değil anlamış değilim. Adı bile cümbüş arkadaş (bkz: zeynel abidin cümbüş).

[@estherpasemann7131]

I first saw you in Wacken Bulhead City (FOH) .It was an amacing Atmosphäre . The people and i was in an another world in this moments....WoW. And after the Show ,i listen this song in my tent. If i'm listen this song i feel this beatiiful Moments again. Thank you...❤! 5:02

[@marcmilan2086]

SUPERBE 🤘

[@johnholdson7630]

Wow, I’m sitting here after a long day , I just cooked fried some elk fingers. I eat with a passion to go hunt and harvest another elk and call you guys in to devour the crispy delicacy. I really enjoy that long haired Ragnar guy when he plays with you cats. Can we see/ hear more of him? Maybe I harvest a lion next🤠🤠🤠🤠🤠

[@eddiebrown1478]

Wow. Good stuff.

[@martinandrew601]

Amazing stuff !!! Wow

[@worgcy6714]

Recomienden más bandas como está

[@morte137]

Aftur og aftur ég hlusta. Þið eruð truly amazing.

[@drejy]

Amazing sound, amazing band!

[@thomashagenbrock3201]

Wunderbar und traumhaft schön.

[@PianoSynthesiaOfficial]

Simplesmente sensacional!

[@NtrentIreznorN]

I just love these guys, and Addi fpr hos charizma, he is awesome, they all are. Thank you for sharing this ;)

[@ΓεωργίαΠαπαζαχαρία]

♡♡♡♡♡♡ from GREECE

[@pablobarrio1270]

Quien se puede resistir a Otra ... Imposible.....

[@gabriellangley6458]

3 people have no taste.

[@juanvazquez5836]

Gabriel L in music.

[@belfastbrigade64]

i really don't know what people speak in iceland, but definetly moved me. how inspiring ...

[@luismanuelamayapuente3708]

mi banda favorita en la actualidad, salu2 desde San Luis Potosí mex.

[@fernandomorcego9338]

Show no Brazil NOW !

[@netspie66]

Awesome vocalist's guitar. Does anybody know what model is it?

[@pablobarrio1270]

Dudo que haya algo más grande que esta performance.....

[@josipfranciskovic2440]

Mushroom music.

[@xoen6]

KEXP never dissapoints....

[@xavieralvarenga_]

the best song in the era antropocenic

[@marinakoszmegac2048]

Go Vikings! They aged well.

[@valodizc]

Great Thanx from Ukraine!!!!!!!!!!!! In Love with Your Music

[@oOclonOo]

Impressive

[@TheValueOfN]

Where has the promo vid for Otta gone?

[@AdipocireFestCZ]

Úžasný !! Luxus !!

[@jirkabazo4366]

Richard Abraham nemůžu se od toho už několik týdnů odtrhnout... jsou skvělí

[@spartan9664]

What did he uses on his strings at 5:23 ? Can somebody help me ?

[@noo648]

+clement garel Its called an E-Bow. You hold this little device over a string and the string vibrates until you take the device away. Kind of like an infinite note thing

[@spartan9664]

+Sean Foster Kinda interesting ! Thank you very much dude :)