Track By Track: Vök on Figure

"The wonderful thing about this song is that it wasn’t even gonna be on the album. We showed Brett [Cox] our producer the song while we were in the studio and he was like 'Damn that's dope, let's put that one on the album' and instantly we felt it to be the opening song on the album. The track represents anger, frustration and the need to be dominant/Alpha....'I’m taming a lion'"

“Figure is the newest song on the album. There is something about this song that we really love and bond over. The word itself, ‘Figure’, can mean a number of different things and can be used in so many different contexts. For example, it can mean a number, a body type and can refer to a person whether human or not. You can figure things out and you can use a figure-of-speech. It became a common theme throughout our writing-and-recording process and we agreed that this would be an appropriate title for our debut album as it means so many things for us. Needless to say, the album cover reflects this as well; together we are one figure: Vök.”

"This is the darkest song on the album. The first draft of the song was made in Margrét’s summerhouse a couple of years ago but afterwards we kind of forgot about it. Two years ago, Andri brought it back to the surface and we made a new version. There is a story happening in this song and the main conflict is that you don’t really know what the protagonist is experiencing. He/she is trapped in their existence and different forces are influencing the character but no palpable resolution can be found."

"This is about… so many things at the same time. It's about being brave enough to be vulnerable with someone, it’s about trusting someone and it's about uncertainty and excitement of being with someone new. 'Show Me' was the first song we recorded on the album and probably the most difficult one we did. Lots of experiments. A lot of seasickness (we recorded it on a boat). It’s the most effort we’ve ever spent working on a Mid8 (the middle section of a song) and the first and only time Vök ever recorded a nylon guitar."

"In Iceland, seasonal depression is very common as there is a severe lack of sunlight in the wintertime (we take a lot of Vitamin D supplements). Fun fact: we sampled an interview with Einar’s dad and used it as ambience in the beginning of the song."