200,000 naglbítar // Vögguvísur fyrir skuggaprins

// CD // 2000 // sung in Icelandic // BritPop / Grunge // 14 tracks // 52 minutes //

Author of 3 albums in 1998, 2000 and 2003, this trio (whose name means “200,000 nail biters”!) had its moment of glory with one of its songs, Láttu mig vera, which was named best pop song of the year in 2003.

Their second album, Vögguvísur fyrir skuggaprins (or "lullaby for a shadow prince" - that's already more poetic), has something of the experimental Radiohead ( Lítill fugl, Tekin burt ), the cool Californians of Weezer , serious grunge accents ( Bless kex ) and a general air of badly coiffed Britpop in the style of Frank and Walters (a band that is still touring in 2024) or Supergrass.