Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Sigur Rós

 Agætis byrjun (1999)

     ( )  (2002)
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 Takk... (2005)
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 Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust (2008)
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      Sigur Rós is a four piece post-rock band from Reykjavík, Iceland. The band name was taken from the lead vocalist little sisters name, which means victory rose. The band plays a very unique style of post rock with heavy amounts of both ambiance and dream like states.  Ágætis byrjun is a beautifully slow album that almost acts as a lullaby, I've used it to fall asleep on numerous occasions. If your looking for a more upbeat album, you should check out Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust, the first song, Gobbledigook, gives a great first impression to the rest of the album. Yes this band's music is in an unfamiliar language to most of us, but I feel like it's nice to listen to something that you cannot fully understand. Sigur Rós has gained popularity in America, despite it being in a different language, because of course music is the universal language. The melodies and the soothing vocals will undoubtedly leave you feeling some sort of emotion, and before you know it you will have fallen in love as I have.

I would suggest watching this music video from a track named "Hoppipolla" off of the album Takk...
 It is a great song and the video itself is quite humorous. Youth is wasted on the young.

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