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Formats and Editions
1. Things Between
2. What's Going On?
3. Sweetest Beat
4. Area 51
5. March Madness
6. Mister Mister
7. Hey! Ho! Daddy O
8. Up Tight
9. 20 Years
10. Up Down And Out
11. More And More And More
12. Cantz
13. Blisters
More Info:
Weapons came to when two childhood friends, Hreinn & Oli Dori, began recording songs together in a loft in Reykjavik where Hreinn lives. Without any musical schooling, but with great interest in the musical art form, they taught themselves to play their instruments and started right away finishing recordings by doing everything themselves. With similar taste in music and art the two began to develop the style and sound of their new band. In search of a third member to play the drums Weapons didn't have to look far as Hreinn's younger cousin, Moni, took the sticks and began playing the drums with passion and therefore perfecting the mix. Weapons have been gigging and touring around Iceland since then, giving intense performances one after another. The summer 2007 the trio recorded their first LP, A Ditch in Time. They hooked up with the NY producer Gordon Raphael (The Strokes, Regina Spektor) as he was excited to mix the album, which he did. A Ditch in Time met the public's eye in the beginning of December 2008. A true blend of early rock 'n roll music and punk rock with modern emphasis.... The Press: 'Weapons, the highlight of the first night at the Icelandic Airwaves festival- Frenetic Power-Pop bashers, respectively. Three skinny boys from Iceland - summoned the largest contingent of admirers, as plenty in the crowd seemed to come just for them and left after. They quickly made with the catchy, kicking out focused, plaintive melodies that sometimes got lost in a full-throttle guitar attack. ' Christian Hoard, The Rolling Stone Magazine, Iceland Airwaves 2006 "The best band on the bill at Organ Saturday night...... people that remained were treated to a vibrant, bracing set by the Reykjavik power-pop trio Weapons. Weapons are the perfect example of a simple thing done right: their songs don't stretch any borders or look to pull off any tricky genre-splices. They're just simple, guitardriven pop songs delivered with spirit and spunk, drummer Sigurmon and frontman Hreinn trading off vocal duties and teaming up for choruses that soared sky high. At their best moments, they recalled prime Sugar: indelible choruses driven by hot rodding guitars." J. Edward Keyes, eMusic, Iceland Airwaves 2008.
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