Dómstólar Götunnar
Amalia singer:
I think it is important to share a part of my experience because the message of the song is very important.
When I was only five years old, I experienced sexual violence for the first time. I ran home from the forest where I was playing and told my parents. The perpetrator was never found, but I still remember to this day what he looked like.
By the age of sixteen, I had already been sexually assaulted five times. I had never told anyone about this until recently, I know the shame and silence all too well ever since I can remember.
I have taken back the power with this song.
About the song:
Courts of the street (Dómstólar Götunnar) deals with a person who covets children, which is probably the crime that has the least sympathy among the public, and for that reason, it is best that those people sit inside, because the courts of the street will otherwise judge the person.
Grímulaust album
Grímulaust is CJC first album.
Released the 2nd june 2021, the album was recorded over 2 weekends in january and april 2021 by Einar Vilberg at studio Hljóðverk. Recording, mixing and mastering is by Einar Vilberg.
There are 8 songs on the album and the topics are all over the place, from social meda influencers to murder.
Jazzklúbburinn (The Jazz Club) was inspired by a trip Elli went on in 2018 to Chernobyl. Langar (Want) is a song about what most people wanna do after a long time covid quarantine, intimacy and touch. Sumarið er allt of stutt (The summer is to short) was an attempt to write uplifting lyrics to even out somewhat horrible stories on the other songs. Instarass (Instabutt) tackles the social media instagram influencer nonsens and how you are never getting younger no matter how much you stretch your face. Morð (Murder) is a story about an old murdercase in Iceland. Ruðvalgur tackles depression and stress and how that feel can take over your life. Svarta úti skrímslið (Black out monster) is about a person that can´t handle the booze and ends in a black out.