When I was invited to a country I'd barely heard of to see a band I'd
never heard of I did the logical thing and said yes. As the rain began
to pour the five young men were handed a large clock, its hands ticking
closer to 7pm, and I wondered what the next 24 hours would entail -
both for me and them.
Boys
in a Band decided to promote the release of their debut album in their
homeland (the Faroe Islands) with a mammoth 24 gigs in 24 hours. The
lead singer, P , explained that it was a drunken joke that had
spiralled into reality.
The plan had been to perform the first
gig on top of one of the many grass topped roofs in Tórshavn, the
capital of the Faroe Islands, but nature had put an end to that plan.
Instead, they started their quest huddled under the cover of a nearby
shopping centre.
After a count down in Faroese the boys
launched into what would be the first of 22 acoustic gigs. All of the
18 islands which make up the Faroes are inhabited apart from one and
the boys were determined to make sure everyone on the islands knew they
were hot on the heels of local sensations.