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The murky warmth of Just Another Snake Cult’s production is constantly imaginative. Every song seems to evolve by somersaulting, and it’s only once your little pop-loving heart is dancing that you notice the mild psychotic edge, and get a sense of something foreboding hiding away deep within. And that’s The Beach Boys through and through.” … I decided the three of them would put me to sleep. A few seconds into their first song, I had witnessed the coolest opening of a show at the Airwaves 2012. The guy in the middle, singer/guitarist/things-master/ringleader, runs across the stage, jumps over the barricade and breaks into singing and dancing. The sincere kind might I add. No shenanigans. I’m swooned. [...] That kid has got some balls. He obviously doesn’t give a fuck. Right there, I’m on Just Another Snake Cult’s side. In matter of three or four songs the guy’s gone through a few instruments I’ve never seen before, he’s using a drumstick on his acoustic guitar, effects come in play liberally and no song sounds the same. Some are tender, others sombre. One song makes you drift off, the next gets one all pensive. Most importantly, Just Another Snake Cult made us wonder.” …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.” …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.” (Translated from Icelandic.) …You might think this boy [...] had fallen from the heavens. It’s long since one has heard such a developed sound world from someone who’s been so little heard from. [...] Sounds more like a fifth release than a first. What we have here is experimental psychedelic pop ala Ariel Pink that constantly catches one with their shield down. Bursting with ideas and clever production, this is a record that gives and gives.” Live video at Faktorý in downtown Reykjavík Selected discography Cupid Makes a Fool of Me by Just Another Snake Cult Lost in the Dark (mini-EP) by Just Another Snake Cult PhotosContact information Label (United States): hello@offtempo.comBand contact (Iceland/mobile): +354-690-1557 Band contact (email): thoraciusappotite@gmail.com Links Just Another Snake Cult "Social Media" Tumblr Twitter Facebook Soundcloud Other MicroKORG Extra Original Preset Pack Old Snake Cult blog WordPress Record Labels Wizards of the Ghost (Seattle) Off Tempo (Seattle) Brak Hljómplötur (Iceland) Friends / Contributors / Collaborators Vince Waring - artist/printmaker extraordinaire Þorsteinn Cameron - photographer Keiko Kurita - photographer iji , Mega Bog , and Sundance Kinds - musicians, Seattle-based backing band on two tours SiLM - Dreampop from Anacortes, WA Rachel Fannan - gifted singer and musician, sings a little on our first album Stelpur Rokka - Icelandic rock camp for girls, founded by J.A. Snake Cult keyboardist, Áa Einarsdóttir The Heavy Experience - Icelandic spaghetti saxodrone quintet featuring J.A.Snake Cult saxophonist, Tumi Árnason Muck - Icelandic hardcore band featuring drummer Ási Þorðarson Oyama - dreamy noise rock featuring bassist Bergur Anderson Myndra - The music of Linus Orri Skelkur í Bringu - Twee b-horror punk featuring Pétur Eggertsson Vice Wolf - electronic musician, J. A. Snake Cult remixer Monsters From Mars - surf rock side-project Jaðarinn - Nonni’s documentation of Icelandic bands Other endeavours Thor’s Flickr photostream Thor’s Vimeo Thor’s MicroKORG Patch...