It’s Friday and time for a SpaceScan, this one presenting two quite different artists from Norway and the Faroe Islands. First up prog-rockers Sirens And Us, who released their debut album this January, and they are followed by Gestir singer Ólavur Jákupsson with his electro solo project She Loops The Endless Strip Of Tape. Have a listen, connect with them on MySpace, and then have a grand weekend.

Sirens And Us (NO) (Photo)
Back in January Norwegian quartet Sirens And Us released their debut album, ‘The Trap’, from which you can check out five songs on MySpace. It’s dark, hard-hitting progressive rock challenging you with intricate structures while rewarding you with terrific pop hooks – and it’s just awesome…

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She Loops The Endless Strip Of Tape (FO)
Behind the moniker She Loops The Endless Strip Of Tape we find Faroese musician and brilliant singer Ólavur Jákupsson, who first impressed me on Gestir’s 2006 debut album ‘Burtur Frá Toftunum’. ‘Make It’ is the only track on his MySpace, and it’s 2 minutes and 48 seconds of gloomy, downbeat electronica with an industrial touch that has left me intrigued.

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