Why Icelandic Europop May Be For You...
Posted: 10/9/2004, 3:16 pm
...especially if you like Radiohead
So I've been listening to this band called sigur ros lately. At first I thought they were a little strange, but after two more listens they really grew on me. Well, it turns out they're from Iceland, but despite a major language barrier, I can easily connect.
Sigur Ros is sort of the Icelandic equivalent of Radiohead. They have a celestial, abstract quality to their music. They leave in a trance, so 10 minute songs (the common length of a track) fly by as if they were only 2. If you want to purchase an album, I would suggest agaetis byrjun or (). This type of music shows that lyrics don't have to be essential to the structure of a modern day genre to sound good. () prove this point the most, since lyrics are not in Icelandic, but rather gibberish.
you can download stuff at http://www.sigur-ros.co.uk/media/index.html I would recommend staralfur the most.
So I've been listening to this band called sigur ros lately. At first I thought they were a little strange, but after two more listens they really grew on me. Well, it turns out they're from Iceland, but despite a major language barrier, I can easily connect.
Sigur Ros is sort of the Icelandic equivalent of Radiohead. They have a celestial, abstract quality to their music. They leave in a trance, so 10 minute songs (the common length of a track) fly by as if they were only 2. If you want to purchase an album, I would suggest agaetis byrjun or (). This type of music shows that lyrics don't have to be essential to the structure of a modern day genre to sound good. () prove this point the most, since lyrics are not in Icelandic, but rather gibberish.
you can download stuff at http://www.sigur-ros.co.uk/media/index.html I would recommend staralfur the most.
