My meager homage to one of Iceland's most significant and esoteric post-punk groups, Þeyr. "En..." is the first track from their 1980 début LP "Þagað Í Hel". Here, it is seen as my first attempt at covering this fantastic band.

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Ef ég gæti gefið
Þér gimsteina og gull
Fullt af eðalvínum
En ekki þetta sull
Sem verður annars ágætt
Ef þú smakkar það
Í flottu freyðivíni
Við færum tvö í bað

En þetta bjargast bráðum
Því brátt ég sver ég skal
Verða mér út um vinnu
Við það að skera hval
Já kaupið þar er brjálað
Þeir þéna djöfull flott
Með milljón eftir viku
Og hafa það mjög gott

En þangað til það reddast
Það væri bjútífúl
Ef þú mundir lána
Mér fyrir einum Kool
Svo á ég miða í Sjóvá
Það gæti alltaf skeð
Ég fengi ferðavinning
Þá kæmir þú sko með

All instrumentation/production/recording by EEL Norris
save for Piano, performed and recorded by Mia Cruz
(takk líka Óskar Bragi fyrir þýðinguna)

En... (Þeyr) [Cover]

A favorite song of mine for several years, now, it has taken all this time for my instrumental abilities (drums, in particular) to be up-to-snuff.

My initial intent was to record the original Icelandic version of this song, „Tedrukkinn", as it appears on the 1981 EP „Iður til Fóta", however with no way of ascertaining a credible transcription of the Icelandic lyrics, I was relegated to the secondary English version, "Are You Still There?", released on "As Above...", the foreign-audience edition of „Mjötvíður Mær".
Owning a rare vinyl copy which includes the inner sleeve, I was able to verify these lyrics...

Your life did leave you behind
So long ago that you don't care, anymore
This silly show that you
Have given in exchange for your mind and soul
Is so boring that sleep seems the only way out of itself
You've even stopped thinking about it

I wonder
if there is still
a little of you
left inside

Gotcha Covered

Are You Still There?/Tedrukkinn (Þeyr) [Cover]

Bang (prod. Guli Drekinn)

Hvolpaást (feat. larry BRD) pro. PedroPilatus

Intro (prod. ReddLights)

Here is where my covers can be found, along with the best music from my most talented compatriots.
Original music is on my Bandcamp page. Also on iTunes, Spotify, Amazon, Google Play, Apple Music, and many more services worldwide.

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