I had the pleasure of meeting multi-instrumentalist Ragnar Ólafsson in Bulgaria when he was performing with the Icelandic post-rock group Árstíðir many years ago. Every now and again, I see his name pop up and I came across this gorgeously-sung single track he released in May of this year. From his Bandcamp site:
Urðarþráður means “the thread of Urður. The name refers to one of the three primary norns (witches) in Norse mythology, responsible for shaping the course of human destines. Uður is believed to sit at the foot of Yggrasil, the tree of the world, spinning the thread of fate.
This is the second single from my soundtrack for Fractures. The motif from this song has already been playing all over the first 6 episodes, but in episode 7 we get to hear the full version, sung by the one and only Sólveig Ásgeirsdóttir with haunting Icelandic lyrics by Helgi Sigurbjörnsson.
