简介：byMarisaBrown BenniHemmHemm,theIcelandicindiepopbandfrontedbyBenediktH.Hermannsson,firstbegantotakerootwhenHermannsson,afteralimitedreleaseofhissoloSummerPlateEPin2003,movedtoItalyforafewmonthsandbegantowriteanewbatchofsongs.Withafullband,includingtrumpet,bass,andflügelhorn,BenniHemmHemmissuedtheirselftitledfulllengthdebutonIceland'sSmákökurnarRecordsinSeptember2005,withreissuesinJapan,Europe,andNorthAmericacomingthefollowingyearwiththehelpofPVineandMorrMusic,respectively.InNovemberof2006thegroup'ssecondalbum,Kajak,recordedinjustafewdaysatSigurRós'sstudio,cameoutinIceland,andbyMay2007ithadhitU.S.shores.