The Clumps

The quartet has won Eggstockfestivalen, been Månedens Urørt on P3 and been named the year’s hope by GAFFA. They have also earned praise after concerts at, among others, Tons of Rock, Bergenfest, Eurosonic in the Netherlands and Soho Calling in London.

After seeing the band in the Hjertebank tent at Bergenfest 2025, Bergens Tidende’s music reviewer wrote:
«It hurts, but I admit it freely: Bergen’s most promising band at the moment most likely comes from Sandnes.»

The music of the clumps moves between the violent and the vulnerable, with heavy riffs and driving drums meeting melodic vocals. As P3’s Jesper Nondal put it: «It is rare that something so noisy is so pleasant to listen to.»

The band is fronted by vocalist and songwriter Orri Backman Birgisson, who is also behind most of the production. He grew up with Icelandic artists such as Bubbi Morthens, Quarashi and Sigur Rós. Together with the band’s shared love of 90s rock and metal, psychedelic rock, shoegaze and modern indie rock, this helps shape their sound. The lyrics explore dark places of the mind, often with an anxious and critical eye.

The single “Worthless” was released on 6 June 2025 on the band’s own record label “Jille Records”. A little over a year later it has reached 3.5 million streams on Spotify. The song also appeared on musikknyheter.no’s list of the 10 best Norwegian songs of 2025. As the first single from a long-awaited debut album and recently signed to AWAL UK, it is an understatement to say that “the clumps” look set to become Norway’s next big rock export.