Skátar

5 years have passed since their formation in 2001 and the crazy quintet in white sperm-suits have lost none of the edge - have, in fact, never been better.

Regrettably, they haven't been playing too often the last months, due to members moving back and forth abroad, which means that each second this band plays these days is all the more precious.

We are on the cusp of FINALLY seeing their full- length, which has the title "Ghost of the Bollocks to Come". This is the first proper release since 2004's EP "World Peace In Chile: What Can be Changed, Improved & Fixed" (english translation).

Four of the new album's 9 songs have appeared in different versions in the past - Some on 2005's demo, "The 'Skrew the Elves, Fokk the System [sic]' Session" (recorded live on Ras 2, The National Radio, channel 2) others as constantly evolving live versions during the last 1-2 years.

The band has become increasingly experimental lately, hammering out proggy suites with all the noisy guitars and chaotic keyboards firmly in place. Unlike most of today's hip-and-cool music, consisting mostly of copies of copies of copies of early 80's "disco punk", Skátar are not too easily described and really have to be seen to be believed. Wherever they play - be it in Iceland, the UK, the States or elsewhere - they never cease to amaze and stand out like a sore thumb...in a good way, of course!

- Óskar P. Einarsson