Kurr - Amiina

Well, this is a bit of a strange album to rate. Amiina, as can be seen from the cover of this debut album, is a quintet of women who play classical music in a very minimalist style, something that often results in compositions where nothing much happens at all. María Huld Markan Sigfúsdóttir, Hildur Ársælsdóttir, Edda Rún Ólafsdóttir and Sólrún Sumarliðadóttir hail from Iceland (what gave it away?) and frequently collaborate with the more well-known rock band Sigur Rós to add extra gravitas to their recordings, but taken on their own merits I found the experience very lacking. Part of the problem is that the compositions are often so short, and lacking in ...