Like all human stories, it began with a band. The Icelandic indie folk-pop band came together in Reykjavík after lead singer Nanna Bryndís Hilmarsdóttir decided to expand her solo project. They won a battle of the bands in Iceland, released their debut in 2011, and broke internationally in 2012 on the back of "Little Talks" -- a song about two voices calling to each other across some unspoken divide. I graduated college in 2010. The Great Financial Crisis had just finished detonating. The sec...