SUPERSPORT!

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One of Iceland’s most exciting new bands [...] charmingly eclectic
(Dazed, 2024)

“Nothing changes, everything is always changing” and change is indeed a central theme on Supersport!’s Iceland Music Awards album of the year winning record; “allt sem hefur gerst” (eng: everything that has happened). Change is everything, after all, and everywhere, in the balance between stillness and motion, stagnation and growth.

It’s instantly clear why Supersport! are a crowd favourite, a sweet artsy bunch who’s no frills indie-pop performance is driven by an honest love of music and each other (Clash, 2022).

And Supersport!’s music is sweet - it should be. They remain primarily interested in pop music and what it can offer when deconstructed infinitely, exploring the guitar as a tool for storytelling and expressivity. Singing together, harmonising, as a way of being together, practicing friendship and solidarity. The group was formed in manic excitement on the dancefloor of a now-vanished Reykjavík bar on a late night a few summers ago. This moment of conception has perhaps foreshadowed the ways in which the group has operated since, driven by excitement and urgency to create.

Hailing from the grassroots of Reykjavík’s vibrant music scene, Supersport! remain champions of the DIT (do-it-together) ideology, and “Iceland’s most productive indie band”, as all four members have been active participants of the influential Post-dreifing collective since its 2018 founding. This work has deeply influenced their values, the way they create and how they relate to their community and their fans:

The band came across as deeply passionate about their local music scene,
[...] pioneering Reykjavík’s ‘house party’ movement which sees bands play
gigs in the basements of houses in response to venues closing across the city to make room for hotels (Crack Magazine, 2024)

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