Axel Flóvent

A heartfelt indie folk singer/songwriter from Iceland, Axel Flóvent rose from rural origins to international recognition and a European major-label deal with a series of increasingly popular EPs in the latter part of the 2010s.
A native of Húsavík, a small fishing town on Iceland’s rugged north coast, Flóvent began playing guitar at age nine and wrote his first songs not long afterward. Inspired by his older brother who was also a musician, he played in a teenage rock band before focusing on a more delicate folk-based sound. A self-released 2016 EP, Forest Fires, found an audience beyond Iceland’s shores and the following year, Flóvent signed with Epic Amsterdam to release his follow-up EP, Quiet Eyes. The lusher Youthful Hearts EP arrived in 2018, adding a more layered element to his sound which he continued to develop on subsequent releases like 2020′s Tourist and 2021′s You Stay by the Sea. ~ Timothy Monger