It's kind of a weird mix of post-rock epicness applied to a lo-fi bedroom singer-songwriter and topped off with a Sigur Ros-y 'ambient indie' sort of production style.

This is probably the most pleasant post-rock album you’re gonna hear all year, and how nauseating, right? “Frigid Bag” has drums that shuffle like toes being dipped plaintively into serene water, while “Burning at Both Ends” uses math rock atmospherics through its squeaking fret play, but keeps a straightforward, marching beat and beautified guitar picking. It sounds kinda like if Toe were making a Snow Patrol album, with the intricacies shut out underneath a sighed vocal hook; “Sot”, meanwhile, traces a slowly unwinding guitar motif with the piano to match, making for a properly upset, very obvious ballad. This is gorgeous stuff, wavering between pantomimic and meditative, but sometimes I wish things would get gnarly, too. 7/10

Inviting to the dream and the lapse of memory, Häkon is illustrated perfectly by circumventing any repetition, while avoiding being identified too much with its references. The beautiful one, simply of beautiful. Gross, deep, shivering. 8/10

The way his soothing reverberating guitar moves through waves of undulating sound is occasionally reminiscent of Jason Pierce at his most mellowed out. Elsewhere the faint siren call of his guitar echoes the ethereal music of fellow Icelanders Sigur Ros, but on a more intimate level.
Tom Rige

“What a wild ride this band has taken us on again. What all is over, all I can muster in saying is thank you for the music.”

“Stafraenn Hakon is the anti-punk rock album. Whereas punk wanted to shock you into attention then drop you full speed on your head as songs screeched to a halt, Hakon wants you to let your guard down, to open yourself up to the possibilities of the landscapes of sound within, and finally, to fly.”

“it’s a nice album, nice in the way you could introduce it to the parents and not be worried about how it was going to embarrass you"

“beautifully produced, the songs are extremely well-written and Hakon has retained the kind of distinctive guitar playing traits that characterised his earlier releases. He deserves some real crossover success with this one. “

“This stuff is so wonderfully blissed out, I'm not sure how it could be improved upon. This stuff is way beyond quality.”

“A definite career high, "Gummi" is a grandiose statement from an immensely talented musician. Rich in instrumentation and choc full of gorgeous, chiming melodies, Stafrænn Hákon have created an album that has timeless written all over it. “