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Also affiliated with the Icelandic indie acts
Seabear and
Sin Fang,
Sóley Stefánsdóttir performs delicate electronic pop on her own as just
Sóley. Inspired by Scandinavian acts such as
Sigur Rós and
Múm, she began making music in her teens, and studied piano and composition at the Icelandic Art Academy in 2007. During that time she also played and sang with
Seabear and
Sin Fang, both with
Sindri Már Sigfússon, though at first she was afraid to sing too close to the microphone. She overcame that fear with experience and began work on her solo project, issuing her debut EP,
Theater Island, on Morr Music in 2010. The following year, her first album, the more fleshed-out
We Sink, arrived. In 2014, after several years of writing and touring, she delivered
Krómantík, an eight song EP of solo piano pieces, followed a year later by her second album
Ask the Deep. Inspired by a note she wrote to herself upon waking in the middle of the night -- "Write about hope and spring" -- 2017's
Endless Summer carried a more whimsical tone and piano-centric palette. The following year, she released a lusher collaboration with
Sin Fang and
Múm's
Örvar Smárason called
Team Dreams. ~ Heather Phares