On Saturday, June 21st, Reykjavík, Iceland-based art-pop band Supersport pays a visit to Vienna’s iconic rhiz, the final stop of their extensive upcoming „allt sem hefur gerst“ tour.
Support TBA. Tickets sold by the door.
About the band:
“Nothing changes, everything is always changing” and change is indeed a central theme on Supersport!’s Iceland Music Awards album of the year winning record; “allt sem hefur gerst” (eng: everything that has happened). Change is everything, after all, and everywhere, in the balance between stillness and motion, stagnation and growth.
„It’s instantly clear why Supersport! are a crowd favourite, a sweet artsy bunch who’s no frills indie-pop performance is driven by an honest love of music and each other“ (Clash, 2022)
And Supersport!’s music is sweet – it should be. They remain primarily interested in pop music and what it can offer when deconstructed infinitely, exploring the guitar as a tool for storytelling and expressivity. Singing together, harmonising, as a way of being together, practicing friendship and solidarity. The group was formed in manic excitement on the dancefloor of a now-vanished Reykjavík bar on a late night a few summers ago. This moment of conception has perhaps foreshadowed the ways in which the group has operated since, driven by excitement and urgency to create. Hailing from the grassroots of Reykjavík’s vibrant music scene, Supersport! remain champions of the DIT (do-it-together) ideology, and “Iceland’s most productive indie band”, as all four members have been active participants of the influential Post-dreifing collective since its 2018 founding. This work has deeply influenced their values, the way they create and how they relate to their community and their fans:
„The band came across as deeply passionate about their local music scene, […] pioneering Reykjavík’s ‘house party’ movement which sees bands play gigs in the basements of houses in response to venues closing across the city to make room for hotels“ (Crack Magazine, 2024)
On “allt sem hefur gerst” Supersport! are at their most vulnerable yet. Still, playfulness remains at the heart of the piece, as they seek ways to contextualise formative experience; making sense of chaotic pain and progress, regret and joy. Opening track, “gráta smá” is perhaps the most jarring example with singer Bjarni Daníel drawing comparisons between himself and his father and his father’s father; discovering the likenesses and feeling in them both deep pride and existential terror.
This summer, the band embarks on an extensive DIY tour, paying visits to many of Europe’s most beloved (and some of the smallest) community oriented musical spaces, extending from the east fjords of Iceland, through Denmark and Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Austria, Slovakia, Slovenia, Hungary, Czechia and Poland.