A progressive rock band from
Kópavogur, a suburb of
Reykjavik,
Iceland. The Cabinets are cut from the same Nordic cloth as
Björk and
Sigur-Rós. The dancy 5-piece scored a local radio hit with their first EP "
Albatross' Delight" in 2001. You couldn't walk down the streets of
Reykjavik that summer without hearing their dance-pop
cover of "
Maria" from
West Side Story blaring out of all of the clubs.
The Cabinets were overrun with their success and lived the indie-rockstar life of excess that they'd always dreamed of.
The band took a much-needed break for most of 2002. They reunited in October with a major-label recording contract to record their first LP.