Sigur Ros
Biography
Three teenagers - Jon Thor Birgisson, Georg Holm and Agust Gunnarsson, formed this post rock band in August 1994. They called their collective Sigur Ros, which means "the rose of victory", in honor of the sister of one of the band members - they formed the band on her birthday. Soon the promising artists received the contract with the Icelandic recording studio Bad Taste and there released their debut Von. In 1998, keyboardist Kjartan Sveinsson joined Sigur Ros. In 1999, the band released the disc Agaetis Byrjun, which became its breakthrough on the world scene. The music of the collective started to appear in serials and films, including the famous picture Vanilla Sky. Sigur Ros became the favorites of the public for their fancies - falsetto and guitar play with a cello bow by Birgisson, otherworldly string arrangements by Sveinsson, the artificial language of their songs.
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Reviews
Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust2008
Icelandic post rock band Sigur Ros released their fifth studio attempt Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust. The disc features eleven excellent tracks, one of which is the first band's song in English
Hvarf/Heim2007
Sigur Ros' album Hvarf/Heim consists of two parts: Hvarf contains new studio versions of previously unreleased songs that could be heard only on live performances, and Heim is a shorter part offering the acoustic versions of a few compositions
Takk2005
Takk (Icelandic for "thanks") is allegedly Sigur Ros's mainstream album. It has singalong tunes and it even has track names. It is a warmer, more orchestral take on the band's defining sound, and easily their most instantly accessible record to date
