The music in Two Trains embraces the spirit of the original European avant-garde and invokes these concepts in its chugging rhythms, metallic clangs and brooding choral arrangements (men's choruses are a distinctly Icelandic phenomena related to the national/romantic politics of the 19th and 20th century) while the lyrics speak of ominous clouds on the war-ridden eastern horizon and freight cars filled with gravel and dreams.
Högni. Our Saturday music video. (Official Music Video). METALOCUS MUSIC PROJECT in Spotify.
Högni. Our Saturday music video. (Official Music Video). METALOCUS MUSIC PROJECT in Spotify.
Directed by Högni Egilsson & Máni Sigfússon.
Producer .- Bjarni Grímsson
Drone .- Ragnar Hansson
Actress .- Snæfríður Ingvarsdóttir
Horse .- Darr
Producer .- Bjarni Grímsson
Drone .- Ragnar Hansson
Actress .- Snæfríður Ingvarsdóttir
Horse .- Darr
From his solo debut album 'Two Trains' out now. Order on LP/CD/DL:
"When approaching this video I wanted to create a counter-narrative that gave the music an alternative scope. The song speaks about the urgency of progress and development:
'Hit the strings so they may sing and loudly resound! Pull us forward, like rocks gravel and dreams.'
Progress is, in a sense, about running away from the past. That’s what I latched on to for the video concept. It tells the story of a castaway seeking shelter as he attempts to escape the past. Crumbling and fatigued he stumbles upon a lake from which he decides to drink. Suffice to say it has its consequences." - Högni
'Hit the strings so they may sing and loudly resound! Pull us forward, like rocks gravel and dreams.'
Progress is, in a sense, about running away from the past. That’s what I latched on to for the video concept. It tells the story of a castaway seeking shelter as he attempts to escape the past. Crumbling and fatigued he stumbles upon a lake from which he decides to drink. Suffice to say it has its consequences." - Högni
