Moscow, last days

We spent our last two days in Moscow sightseeing and giving interviews.

We met journalist Roman Shevchenko who wrote an article about us in a newspaper in Sochi (the host of the 2014 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games), and with Dimitrij Urupin who did an interview with us for Russian radio.

The latter also invited us to his home and we showed our appreciation by singing for him in his livingroom.
By the end of the second day we said goodbye to our manager Masha and our dear friend Marjana. We took a night-train from Moscow to Helsinki where we caught our flight back home to Iceland the next day.

3 videos from Moscow

Here are three videos from our gig in Moscow. The videos are shot from different angles by people in the audience. We were told that Moscow would be the hardest city to play in because it is such a big one, with so much going on all the time that new bands often get lost in the media noise, but it turned out to be quite the opposite. We loved the way the people in the audience communicated with us towards the end of the set, calling out their favorite songs, and asking that we introduce each band member.

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Moscow

This being the last gig of the tour, and the biggest, we were very excited. The show went down in the Central House of Artists in central Moscow, which is an impressive building by any standard.
Backstage between sets we were interviewed by O2TB, a Russian TV channel that reaches 12 million viewers in 210 cities all across Russia. O2TB also filmed the whole concert.

We've received a lot of photos and videos from people in the audience, and we would be happy to hear from more people. If you have photos, please share them with us!

After the show we broke a personal record in cd sales and spent quite some time signing autographs and cd's, and talking to the crowd.

Hallgrímur and Karl went to the train station shortly afterwards because they had to catch a plane to New York to play with Bloodgroup. The rest of the band retired back to our hostel to get some rest.

(Photos (©) by Linda Iliste)

Dubna

(Photo (©) by Sergey Kolier)

We got of the train early in the morning in a town called Tver. The train stopped for less than a minute, so we literally had to throw our bags out of the train.

We were picked up by our contact Iouri, who drove us to Dubna where we spent the day prior to soundcheck with our hosts who treated us to generous amounts of delicious Russian cuisine.

(Photo (©) by Sergey Kolier)

More than 300 people attended our show in the Hall of City Administration, where we played two long sets (nearly two hours). After the show we spent a long time talking to the audience, signing CD's and t-shirts. We nearly sold out or merchandise.

(Photos (©) by Sergey Kolier)

The night ended with a big feast together with our hosts, with music and lots of food. We're really looking forward to returning to Dubna next year.

(Photo (©) by Linda Iliste)

St Peterburg, day 2

(Photo (©) by Linda Iliste)

After sightseeing in the most beautiful city in the world, we went for soundcheck at the MOD Club. We were booked for a concert hall within the complex with a capacity for 400 people, but were informed upon arrival that the hall was undergoing renovation, so we had to play inside the adjacent bar. The explanation was offered to us with a smile: “This is Russia.”

With over 300 in attendance, the bar was bursting at the seams. When it was time for us to start, the crowd of people all surged to get closer to the stage, and for a moment we found ourselves in the interesting position of not physically being able to make it through to the stage to play.

But by the time we blazed a trail and started the show, the tight space and surging crowd was made up for in spades with a heartwarming response.

(Photo (©) by Sokolov Roman)

Our wonderful friend Marjana.

(Photo (©) by Linda Iliste)

We were supported by the incredible Marjana and her band iamthemorning. Their music really blew our minds, and we hope to play together with them more in the future.
You can check out their music HERE.

After the gig we rushed to the train station for a night train to Dubna.

Our amazing manager Masha.
(Photo (©) by Linda Iliste)

St Petersburg - the first night

After visiting a local brewery in St Petersburg, Marjana, Alexei, Mikhail and the people from our fan-club went with us to the canal to watch the drawbridges open, and the ships sail by - a spectacular sight indeed.

The night was beautiful but cold. Before returning to the warmth of the bars, we stopped by the Winter Palace and sang of the song Find the Cost of Freedom.