and don't think we can't do it, we will." the fact that they've scored hits in iceland with this spectacular orchestrated soul speaks of both their power and the credibility of the natives. Sigur rós make this bombastic claim on their website: "we are simply gonna change music forever, and the way people think about music.
you are meant to admire this record, but there's precious little within its immense grooves that feels human, nothing to actually love. and as impressive as this is, it also renders 'agaetis byrjun' somewhat impenetrable and aloof. this feels like church music, eschewing the sonic cathedrals of shoegazing infamy in favour of music that feels as awesome, as extravagantly bejewelled as, say, the sacre coeur. there's a profundity, a palpable vastness to their songs, and a hushed reverence too. but whereas the super furries' 'mwng' revelled in its luminous earthiness, 'agaetis byrjun' sounds like nothing so much as a communication from another planet.īut sigur rós' music doesn't feel as if it is composed to be the soundtrack to furtive stude drug-dalliances. you wait years for a life-changing foreign-language album, and then two come along at once. it doesn't get much more sublime than this. Led by jon pór birgisson's airy, almost genderless (and often wordless) moan, sigur rós deploys its somber lullabies with symphonic grandeur, stretching out its arching melodies, building tonal and emotional colors around them, and eventually conceding to a perfectly timed fade to black. surging strings, horns, and the occasional harmonica keep the walls of guitar scrawl and feedback firmly rooted, while allowing room for birgisson's lush vocals to soar over top. just check it out before your friends all beat you to it.Ī tribute to sigur rós is its ability to retain an organic texture while dealing in the ethereal world of post-rock psychedelia. there's already been a lot of dramatic words written about the sounds of this groups music, and there will only continue to be more. that may sound cheesy, but that's just how they make you feel, and once you're listening to it you won't even care. it doesn't even matter that i can't understand a word they're saying on this release, because it's truly so beatiful that one can 'feel' what they're saying anyway. With four people in the band and the occassional backing by a string section, the very young group have already set their sites high with what is technically only their second full-length release (their debut, von can be purchased through the bad taste website).
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