Style:
Rock/Alternative
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Releases:
The Curse of Singapore Sling (2002)
Life is Killing my Rock'n'Roll (2003)
Taste the Blood of Singapore Sling (12T0026/2006)

The Curse the Life the Blood (8MM, 2007) 

We are six people who play music together. We live in Iceland, although our soul's are speeding down the skyways of some other place, a way cooler place where rock´n´roll comes from. A place where fashion, reality TV and other rotten thing's of FM culture are non-existent, and now is a fly's fart in the wind. In this crazy world we make no sense. What the fuck? We do what we like and we like what we do. Life couldn't kill our rock'n'roll. Rock'n'roll killed our life. Thank God. What do you do when the blood comes out? You taste the blood and let the blood come out. If you don't like it, love it. Bíbí plays bass, Bjössi plays drums, Mr. Iggy Sniff plays maraccas and tambourine, Einar plays guitar, Hákon plays guitar, and I sing and play guitar and a couple of other instruments too. We have a new record out in Iceland. It has seven songs on it and it´s called Taste the Blood of Singapore Sling. Our other two records, The Curse of Singapore Sling and Life is killing my Rock´n´roll are available on Stinky Records in America. "In our hearts there are places that do not yet exist, and into them enters rock'n'roll so that they may exist" -John "Saul" Williams. Love and peace, Henrik Björnsson, Reykjavik, 2005'

Singapore Sling may be called Iceland’s dark masters of avant-garage. Their sound could be described as hook-laden, psychedelic-cum-garage pop gems evocative of the tough guy side of the 60’s British Invasion and America’s response: Rolling Stones, Them, Pretty Things; Standells, Seeds, Sonics. Singapore Sling’s music also reverberates with the postpunk manifestos of Suicide, the Stooges and The Velvet Underground, all among the band’s chief musical heroes.

Singapore Sling was formed in the spring of 2000 and garnered critical plaudits and attention for their appearances at the 2001 and 2002 Iceland Airwaves Festivals. In late 2002, Singapore Sling released their debut “The Curse of Singapore Sling” in Iceland on the now-defunkt Edda/Hitt Records. “The Curse of Singapore Sling” at once celebrates and cross-pollinates the diverse, ambitious artistic vision of the best of the early Creation Records roster, running the gamut from the Jesus and Mary Chain to Primal Scream to My Bloody Valentine to Swervedriver.

Their second album, "Life Is Killing My Rock ‘N’ Roll”, was recorded throughout the Winter and Spring of 2004 at Reykjavik’s highly-regarded Thule Studios with Singapore Sling frontman/songwriter/guitarist Henrik Björnsson producing. Most sessions took place against the backdrop of arctic climes round-the-clock darkness (due to Iceland’s close proximity the to Arctic Circle).

Singapore Sling have toured North America extensively, including a headline appearance at New York’s Central Park Summerstage Festival, supporting duties on The Raveonettes’ West Coast Summer tour, and sold-out appearances at the 2003 and 2004 CMJ Music Festivals and at the 2004 South By Southwest Music Festival. The band also co-headlined the 2003 Iceland Airwaves Festival together with The Kills, and co-headlined the 2004 Iceland Airwaves Festival together with The Shins.

After a change of blood in the band, 2005 saw three new members and the release of Sling's third album, Taste the blood of Singapore Sling. A slightly different take on their earlier sound, mostly consisting of the use of an all-artificial drum-machine, due to a lack of a drummer in the recording process, and a more eadgy, harsh overall sound. Following the release, the band toured with the Brian Jonestown Massacre around England in May 2006. In spring of 2007 they went on their first-ever european tour, following up on the release of a compilation called 'The Curse, The Life, The Blood', released by the newly found 8 MM label, stationed in Berlin.
   Currently the band is recording new material... 

Press:

"Weighty, important, awesome”
- Rolling Stone Magazine (US)

“Postpunk Power and Pugnacity”
- New York Times (US)

"Attitude and style to spare, but with real heart and soul behind it, and not an empty fashion statement in sight."
- CMJ New Music Report (US)

"An ecstatic static that takes fidelity to newdepths”
- Alternative Press (US)