They began as a duo in 2005 around Christmas time when Árni Rúnar Hlöðversson and Lóa Hlín Hjálmtýsdóttir made a song as a present for their friends. FM Belfast is now a supergroup, of sorts, from Iceland. The band ranges from 3 to 8 members, depending on who's around. FM may reject the traditions of their own country's music but they slot very much into the tradition of Icelandic rebellion, and tether it instead to the synths of Scandinavia, pumping them up with their own innate sense of fun. Of course they're not the first Icelandic band to make electronic music, but their sound is different from that of fellow Icelanders like Sigur Ros or Eberg. FM's instantly accessible and familiar 11 track album, How To Make Friends, is not about Iceland's glaciers and twisted landscape, grab it here.
Sometimes the worst thing that can happen to a band is to get buried with comparisons such as being compared to Coldplay or the XX from the get-go. All I know is that a lady is one who never shows her underwear unintentionally.
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