Yndi Halda

Yndi halda (pronounced YIN-dee hal-DAR) are an instrumental band from Canterbury, United Kingdom. 'Yndi Halda' is Eddic for "Enjoy Eternal Bliss", also the name of their "self-titled" debut. The band writes exp

Yndi halda (pronounced YIN-dee hal-DAR) are an instrumental band from Canterbury, United Kingdom. 'Yndi Halda' is Eddic for "Enjoy Eternal Bliss", also the name of their "self-titled" debut. The band writes expansive, cinematic music comparable to Sigur Rós‎, Explosions in the Sky and Godspeed You! Black Emperor, but are often considered more 'optimistic' or 'hopeful' than these bands, allowing them to stand between the 'traditional' post-rock genre and the more upbeat North American indie rock bands such as Arcade Fire, while their use of folk-influenced guitar arrangements occasionally sees them compared with Nick Drake and David Pajo.

Comprised of members Jack Lambert (guitar), Brendan Grieve (bass), Daniel Neal (violin), Oliver Newton (drums, tambourine) and James Vella (guitar, glockenspiel, lapsteel, piano, banjo and vocals), the band formed in 2001 while all of the members were still in school. In the summer of 2005, they began recording the three tracks that make up self-released Enjoy Eternal Bliss (EP), which was finished in the autumn of that year. A fourth track was recorded for the world-wide release of Enjoy Eternal Bliss in August 2006.