Trúbrot were an
IcelandIceland , described as the Republic of Iceland, is a Nordic and European island country in the North Atlantic Ocean, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Iceland also refers to the main island of the country, which contains almost all the population and almost all the land area. The country has a population...
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band active in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
The band was formed in 1969 as an Icelandic
supergroupIn the late 1960s, the term supergroup was coined to describe "a rock music group whose performers are already famous from having performed individually or in other groups"....
composed of members of the bands Hljómar and Flowers. Their eponymous first
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was released that same year, a collection of orchestral and organ-backed pop songs which included a
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of
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" and a five-minute mini-
operaOpera is an art form in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work combining text and musical score, usually in a theatrical setting. Opera incorporates many of the elements of spoken theatre, such as acting, scenery, and costumes and sometimes includes dance...
"Elskaðu Náungan", which was based on
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While the first album is entirely in
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, later albums featured more
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singing.