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  Hear Olof Arnalds' Bewitching Ode to Desire 'Return Again'

  March 5, 2013 – On Ólöf Arnalds' stunning first two albums, 2010's Vio og Vio and Innundir Skinni, the Icelandic trobairitz unfurled winding streams of childlike vocals in her native tongue. For her third, Sudden Elevation, due March 5 on One Little Indian, she transitions to English, taking a step away from the angular and often cold sounds of fellow countrymen Björk and Sigur Rós. …
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• Olof Arnalds, 'Innundir Skinni' (One Little Indian)

  August 23, 2010 – At first, this album just feels wrong. Icelander Ólöf Arnalds performs mostly in her native tongue, creating a David Lynchian sense of disorientation, and her sweet trill sounds sped-up, even at leisurely tempos. But once you adjust to the lighter gravity, Innundir Skinni ("Under the Skin") makes lovely sense. …
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• Olof Arnalds, 'Vio og Vio' (One Little Indian)

  January 13, 2010 – Already a star in her native Iceland, Ólöf Arnalds is best known in the States as a member of pop experimentalists múm. Her first solo album should change that. Björk, an avowed superfan, has described Arnalds' voice as "somewhere between a child and old woman" -- and here, it's both pure and witchy. …
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