She wrote and performed music on open mic nights around Reykjavík and was a video store clerk.

[4] After the Seattle radio station KEXP broadcast a performance from Ragnar's living room, the band went viral.

The band was tapped to write a song for the 2013 film The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, and their single "Dirty Paws" was used in The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013).

About the project, Riff Magazine stated, "she captures a magnificent soundscape—rich, warm and subtle—that feels solemn and full.

"[10] Nanna cites some of her favorite musicians/influences as Gayngs, Lianne La Havas, Arcade Fire, Feist, and Justin Vernon, of the alt-folk band Bon Iver.