Back in 2009, Icelandic group amiina – once upon a time the string section of Sigur Ros – were invited to undertake a unique summer tour of their homeland, playing unusual venues which included, in ...

When backing fellow Icelanders Sigur Rós on strings, the four women of Amiina add to a surging muscle mass; Amiina's own work crafts a deceptively delicate frame. The group's color-coded dresses and ...

The four girls of Amiina began playing together 10 years ago, after meeting at the Reykjavk College of Music. Playing as a string quartet, the band only began to spread their wings into its current ...

The Icelandic band Amiina has worked as a string quartet supporting Sigur Ros, but while their music shares roots with their geographic counterparts, the resulting blooms are startlingly different.

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Close your eyes for a moment and allow yourself to be taken on a journey. You’re in Iceland’s charmingly serene capital Reykjavik. Now, take a 428-mile drive out east and eventually you’ll come to the ...

Amiina began life as a string quartet, appearing most notably on the Sigur Rós albums ( ) and Takk, before taking to opening for them on tour and eventually confining themselves to the studio alone.

You probably already know that nobody bows a saw quite like the lovely Icelandic ladies of amiina. The Reykjavik quartet have a special place in our hearts, 'cause the last three times we've seen 'em, ...

The cover is fabulous: in a darkened room, the four young Icelandic women who play in Amiina sit knitting the same enormous scarf or blanket, which rolls across the floor and out of the picture. They ...

If Amiina were trying to bring us to the lighthouse, rather than bring the lighthouse to us, then they have succeeded.» ...