KATLA comment on the single:
“The title ‘Sálarsvefn’ translates as ‘Sleep of the Soul’ and my lyrics venture into the darkest corners of the mind of an anonymous human being”, writes Einar Thorberg Guðmundsson. “This song is about pure hate and loathing. Whoever shows such a person any sign of sympathy or compassion will certainly be dragged into this creature’s insane world of misery. ‘Sálarsvefn’ was originally the third segment of a long track in three parts. Its first part was ‘Villuljós’, which we have presented already. Yet as recording progressed, I ended up tying 5 songs together into one hell of a complicated mix, in which ‘Sálarsvefn’ is now the 4th stage of this journey into dark soundscapes.”

Guðmundsson Óli Pálmason adds a few words about the making of this clip:
“We have created this video with a tremendous effort in both cost and labour”, claims the drummer – necessitating a trigger warning about dry Icelandic humour. “We had to buy four footlong sandwiches for our crew and I finished the rough editing on the same night that we filmed the clip.” Amazing.