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Lokbrá spilaði fyrstu árin tvisvar til þrisvar sinnum í viku og og þegar mest lét þá spiluðu þeir á 2-3 tónleikum á dag.
Lokbrá, gaf út fyrstu breiðskífu sína [[Army of Soundwaves]] [[2006]]. Platan er tekin upp og pródúseruð af Birgi Erni Steinarssyni sem kenndur er við hljómsveitina Maus. Army of Soundwaves var tekin mestan part upp á Íslandi en söngurinn tekinn upp í Blackheath , London.
Lokbrá, gaf út fyrstu breiðskífu sína [[Army of Soundwaves]] [[2006]].
Platan er tekin upp og pródúseruð af Birgi Erni Steinarssyni sem kenndur er við hljómsveitina Maus.
Army of Soundwaves var tekin mestan part upp á Íslandi en söngurinn tekinn upp í Blackheath , London.
Lokbrá fékk plötusamning hjá Bandaríska útgáfufyrirtækinu Lucid Records en á Íslandi gáfu MSK út plötuna.
Lokbrá byrjaði að taka upp aðra breiðskífu sína "Fernando" árið 2006 í Geimsteini, Keflavík.
Platan var sett á ís eftir að harði diskurinn sem geymdi plötuna eyðilagðist en árið 2009 var byrjað að leggja lokahönd á plötuna sem er væntanleg 2009-2010.
== Gagnrýni / Reviews ==
'''Allmusic.com
Review by Stewart Mason
Lokbrá - Army of Soundwaves'''
As if the presence of a long-haired shirtless beardy dude on the front cover wasn't enough of a signifier,
there's a psychedelic kinship between Iceland's Lokbra and their Scandinavian brethren the Soundtrack of Our Lives and Motorpsycho.
However, with the exception of the epic freakout closer
"Nosirrah Egroeg," this quartet puts its progressive rock influences in a more contemporary musical setting:
Mercury Rev's brand of neo-psych pop is an equally obvious touchstone on the slower,
spacier songs, as is classic-era Radiohead. Meanwhile, harder-rocking songs like "Stop the Music" and the jaunty
"Ride the Walrus" feature prominent, almost danceable rhythms that bear some similarity to the current crop of neo-post-punk dance-rockers following in Franz Ferdinand's wake.
The combination of psychedelic guitar and organ textures, modern beats, and unexpected stylistic detours like the mandolin and
harmonica-driven "Conference of Rats" makes
Army of Soundwaves a fairly unique and entirely enjoyable listen.
'''
Army of Soundwaves
Rating
****
Four stars
'''
'''Lokbra
Army of Soundwaves
(Lucid)'''
Set up the light show -
my pick of the week is this Haight-Ashbury sound from an Icelandic quartet -
swirling in space-journey jams and spooky white boy soul
like a spinning Grateful Dead dancer tripping to chipper British invasion melodies,
the Stranglers, Jane's Addiction, and the Verve"
'''www.anchoragepress.com
John M. James'''
'''
Lokbrá
Army of Soundwaves
(Lucid Records)
Reviewed by Mark Oster'''
Here at Badresa, we don't review too many records from Reykjavik.
But Lokbrá's debut album is getting sent around stateside by Lake County's Lucid Records, so, into our lap it falls.
But yeah, they are from Iceland...
Now that the collection of listeners that get their wallets out as soon as they read the word "Reykjavik" have moved on to Interpunk, I
can tell the more discerning of you what this album is about. Frankly, it's pretty good, but in a different way than you usually expect from
the island nation. With Moog and delayed Fender Telecaster, they explore the atmosphere of sound, much like Sigur Rós, however, their music is further
rooted in the 70s than even the admittedly Eno-esque Rós. Lokbrá gets it& muse from the more soulful and progressive aspect of the decade, recalling
"Some Girls" era Stones, "Abbey Road" era Beatles, Pink Floyd, Yes, and a host of others over the course of the hourlong album, often smoothly jumping
from one to another over the course of a song. But Lokbrá hardly comes off as self-indulgent,
remaining tuneful and catchy throughout, with melodic, somewhat spacey, vocals, not unlike an Icelandic David Gilmour,
soar above in broken but clear English. I don't think those who left us earlier to buy the album are going to be disappointed,
but I would also recommend it for fans of modern revivalist acts ranging from My Morning Jacket all the way to The Mars Volta.
'''www.badresa.com'''
== Iceland Airwaves Gig Review ==
"To our surprise, Pjodleikhskjallarinn, what looks like the most overblown building outside Nazi Germany,
contains a teeny weeny jazz club-tinged basement
where we stumble over another amazing band by the name of Lokbrs.
These kids know how to make us happy.
The little runt of a singer has all the Zeppelin IV
Zoso symbols tattooed on his scrawny pigeon chest
and the drummer's hair's so long it gets all muddled up with his sticks.
Inspired by classic and prog rock these guys play
some of the longest songs of the festival.
Ten minutes long and sometimes overly convoluted melody patters
blast out of the groups' speakers,
but there's something so genuine going on here
and it poops on most other groups so far.
Apart from the tunes these kids dress so bad, it's inspiring.
Five out of five vodkas."
'''-dr.Rock-
www.playlouder.com'''
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