OLVIS

BRAVADO

RESONANT

CD

(FEBRUARY 2007)

'Bravado' is the reverb-drenched third album from Icelandic maverick Orlygur Thor Orlygsson, following last year's much-adored second full length 'The Blue Sound' and the previous year’s eponymous debut.

Continuing the linear progression evident from first album to second, 'Bravado' raises the bar further, with an equal split between lush instrumentals and hypnotic full vocal tracks (in his native tongue). With comparisons and appeal across the board, from chill-out to Richard Hawley, Olvis' music defies classification, but ultimately has a heart-warming relaxing, all-encompassing feel that renders pigeonholing unnecessary.

As with 'The Blue Sound', 'Bravado' features the A-list of Reykjavik musicians as a supporting cast within its fourteen tracks: Sigur Ros drummer Orri Dyrason plays frims on four tracks, with fellow Sigur Ros member  Georg Holm playing bass on two tracks, along with percussion and drums on three tracks from Apparat Organ Quartet's Arnar Geit Omarsson and violin from Maria Huld Markan Sigfusdottir from Amina (Sigur Ros' string quartet) on one track.

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