Contact
Please note, I do not check the internet regularly. If the matter is time-sensitive then please try the phone numbers.
Email: thor[at]bandwidthbeta.com (Just swap the @ symbol in.)
Phone: 831-824-4240 (US) / +354-690-1557 (Iceland, mobile)
About
Just Another Snake Cult –
photo by Keiko Kurita
is music inspired by growing up and living in California beach towns, a rich lineage of home-recording ecclectics and inventive pop music producers, powerful human forces, and dark secrets.
is a recording project with a few releases available. 1. The Dionysian Season CD released in a limited edition by Brak Records. 2. A split cassette tape with James Rabbit released by Wizards of the Ghost in Seattle, WA. 3. A digital/download-only single, I Know She Does.
is an assemblage of musicians getting together and performing live music. A singer-guitarist, bassist, drummer, keyboard player, saxophonist, cello player, violinist, and another guitarist to round it out.
Press Clippings
“Wonderful and über-catchy lo-fi psychedelic indie-pop”
— Selected Songs
“Iceland Airwaves: Five Bands You Must See [...] mixes Brian Wilson with Ariel Pink and comes up with something truly compelling and original. Just Another Snake Cult’s sound pulls off that rare and peculiar trick of balancing the right influences with just enough originality to blow minds and capture hearts. We like this a lot.”
— The Line of Best Fit
“[...] eccentric but accessible style, which merges psychedelic indie pop with synthesized wizardry often self-programmed [...] The effect has been referred to as that of a layered one-person Phil Spector-style wall of sound, made all the more lo-fi by its recording on a hand-me-down laptop. [...] The big group played an endearingly ramshackle set at the KEX Hostel with just about any instrument you could find.”
— KEXP Blog
“A combination of insane synthesizers and singer-songwriter staples — and in this case, perhaps influence from The Beach Boys — Just Another Snake Cult frequently sounds something like Cryptacize, only with male vocals.”
— Redefine Magazine
“But even if romantic bliss is eluding you at the moment, it’s hard not to appreciate “I Know She Does,” a chunk of sugary noise pop from Icelandic bedroom recorder Just Another Snake Cult. It’s just so sweet and the dude sounds like he’s so happy he’s going to lose his mind. The tune sounds a little blown out and fuzzy around the edges, so fans of The Drums and The Raveonettes will likely be into this. [...] You could argue that the world didn’t need another lo-fi pop song about being confident of your significant other’s affections, but, as I pointed out earlier, how many of those are there really? The fact that he’s so stoked might be the weirdest part about the whole thing.”
— MTV Iggy
“[...] Question: What do you do with twenty-hour nights? Answer: Record a lot of instruments single-handedly, apparently. [...] to be a “one-man Wall-of-Sound”. It’s a noble ambition, and I have to hand it to him: he’s pretty much managed it. [...] The real point, though, is that his music is insanely catchy, upbeat, and totally convincing. Every single track is dripping with enthusiasm.”
— David, ListenBeforeYouBuy
“[…] the video for his newest single I Know She Does, three minutes of indie pop perfection. Influences for the track are easy to spot, with the likes of The Smiths and Pale Saints, amongst numerous shoegaze bands appearing to inform his work, as well as more modern artists like The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart and The Drums. The video itself is bizarre yet engaging, blurred shots of Thor singing, mixed with lyrics from the track scrawled over the top of the images, leaves the viewer confused yet temporarily mesmerized. […]”
— Josh, Crack in the Road
“This is one man making some glorious noise. It honestly does not sound that lo-fi to me, and even if it is, there ain’t nothing lo-fi about these hooks! “I Know She Does” especially has gotten a lot of plays from me. Perhaps because it feels like a summer song (never mind that it’s barely spring where I am): it is upbeat and catchy and big, and it is also about head-over-heels crazy love. …”
— Steve, Those Who Dig
“Stop what your’e doing and set aside the next 2:48 minutes to watch his homemade video for this insanely good single from his new album Ghosts.”
— Mark, yvynyl
“..my favorite has to be the closing track, “Engaged Withdrawal”. It starts off a bit rocky, but about 30 seconds in the track really finds its footing. Adding layer after layer the track ends on a heartbreaking note. Playing out like some lovelorn ballad from the early 1960’s, the track achieves near perfection by its final few notes.”
— Cactus Mouth
“The Icelandic band’s newest EP Ghost has no barriers when it comes to psychedelic-pop-lofi that takes you back while bringing you forward in the new era of ’name your own price’ music.”
— PASHONOMONOPIA, Day Night Blog
“his ramshackle sound which is steeped in retro influences. Part psychedelic, part 60s twee, part reverb soaked atmospherics, this kooky and off the wall album is a giant mess of indie charm. Bogason’s style is akin to They Might Be Giant’s ADHD, off the wall pop songs, and like the American duo, this record is definitely a must to listen to. Marvellously odd.”
— Music Gob
(translated from Icelandic:) “…sounds more like a fifth release than a debut. What we have here is experimental psychdelic pop ala Ariel Pink that constantly catches one by with their shield down. Bursting with ideas and clever production… 4/5 stars”
— Arnar Eggert Thoroddsen, Fréttablaðið
(translated from Icelandic:) “… The album is a surprising gift of joy, full to the brim with well written and well played psychdelic pop. Fans of Syd Barrett, Belle and Sebastian, and MGMT will not be let down… 4/5 stars (translated from Icelandic)”
— Dr Dunni, Morgunblaðið
