Stroff are an excellent indie-sounding guitar band, they’ve been around since 2012. They feature, as is fashionable, members of various other excellent bands. I thought it was about time I had a chat with them. Beware though, this interview features the devastating news, to me at least, that the logo which I had presumed to be a puffin is…not…a…puffin. Read on, if you dare.
Where are you right now and what are you doing?
I am at home. Just finished fixing the dishwasher.
Who is in the band, and what other bands do you all play with?
Árni Þór on guitar( Stafrænn Hákon, Mug), Halli Þorsteins on bass (Náttfari), Kjartan on drums (Kimono, Seabear), Markús on vocals and guitar (Markús and the diversion sessions, Skátar, Sofandi) and Örn Ingi (Seabear, Skakkamanage)
You are playing your Airwaves show at 2:30am in Gaukurinn on Saturday night / Sunday morning. Are you excited about that slot?
It is always exciting to play a show. But it’s a bit late for us old timers. Our guitar player Árni has never stayed up longer than 3:00 in the morning so if the show runs late he might fall asleep during the gig. So if we can stay up its gonna be a good show.
I’m loving your logo of a knitted puffin on a skateboard picture. Where did that come from?
It is actually a picture of a parrot that Árni drew for a poster that we did. His mother in law is a master knitter and she knitted 5 sweaters for us, one for each with different picture on the front. The cover is a picture of one of those sweaters.
Have you checked out the entire schedule? What else are you super keen to see?
I would love to see The Sonics and Warpaint.
What advice can you share for first-timers at Airwaves and in Iceland?
Don’t be fooled by the “Beer” in the 10-11 stores. It´s not beer.
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Obviosuly, that is excellent advice. That beer is not something to get you drunk.
Stroff play just the one show at iceland Airwaves 2016, and it’s a stamina-tester:
Sunday November 5th (Saturday night) @ 02:30 in Gaukurinn.
