Icelandic Musicians Salóme Katrín, RAKEL & ZAAR Release Split Album “While We Wait”

Icelandic musicians Salóme Katrín, RAKEL & ZAAR have just introduced their brand new split album “While We Wait”, the album features seven compositions, two songs from each artist along with a collaborative track which is the album title track. Having appeared on each others’ releases or performances in recent years the seven song split album While We Wait  due out on February 25th - marks the trio’s first collaborative effort in the field of music.

The three describe the track, While We Wait, as an opening into the world they’ve crafted for one another, a place for creation, exploration and joy, a place where everything is possible by merely using the tools you have nearest at each given moment - an old guitar, a dear friend who plays the accordion, an electric organ or simply the sound of your own voice.

“We made the album in a time where covid had all our plans either cancelled or on hold so the theme of the title track quickly turned into exploring our state of mind at that moment - waiting, hoping, longing - as well as our basic needs as human beings”

Not entirely out of the blue, the journey turned out to be somewhat of a destination, leaving them fulfilled and eager to go: “While We Wait is a very special project to all of us. It gave us a platform to invent and explore our sound as we didn’t feel weighed down by our own expectations. Working together brought a sense of safety and creative freedom which we will forever treasure.”

While We Wait was recorded over a one week period in the spring of 2021 in Reykjavík, Iceland by the trio's very good friend Hafsteinn Þráinsson. The album is a self release and will be out on vinyl shortly after it’s digital release. The album's cover is a photograph of a sculpture by the Icelandic up-and-coming sculpturist Auður Lóa.

We’re loving the new album and can’t wait to hear what’s to come next!