I’m an absolute Frakkur addict, it’s prefect ‘background music’ for drawing/bus rides/anything…
I have my own theories about why it was written/not released. I think of it as Jonsi’s ’homework’ - like, practicing making music? To prove to himself that he was a good musician & let out some emotion. I dunno, it’s just my idea :/
The other day I was played Laurie Anderson’s ‘O Superman’ (link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VIqA3i2zQw ) and realised that the vocal sample ‘beat’ used by Frakkur had been done before. Just found that interesting.
I read the interview nook posted…and ended up laughing out loud at the quote from Jonsi:
"Ordinary things are nice," he says in chirruping, stop-start English that makes everything sound slightly quizzical. "I walk around and smell trees. Smelling trees is really nice. I've recently discovered the mall. I don't even buy anything. I just walk around and watch people." He grins boyishly. "Normality is fun."