SIGUR ROS - ( ) -REISSUE-
2 LP PRINTED INNERSLEEVES/
DIE CUT SLEEVE/ SPOT UV VARNISH
Sigur Rós - ( ) celebrated third album, and for many people - especially in US
where it remains their biggest selling work - the most quintessentially “Sigur Rós”
record of their career to date. It is the only album where Jónsi sings entirely in the
wordless lyrics of Hopelandic. A desire to elide meaning and allow the listener to
bring their own interpretation to the music, extends to the eight songs, all of which
are nameless. The music is broadly divided into two halves, divided by a critical 36
seconds of silence. The first half of the album being lighter and more optimistic, and
the second half bleaker and more melancholic, culminating in the thundering climax
of Untitled #8, the closing song of every Sigur Rós show since the song was written
in 2000.
( ) was recorded at the band’s own studio Sundlaugin, in Mosfellsbær outside
Reykjavik, in 2002, co-produced by the band with Ken Thomas, who also helmed
their break through second album, Agætis Byrjun. Completely out of print, the vinyl
album now comes in its full Grammy-nominated artwork, including die-cut sleeve
and spot UV varnish inner bags.
Rolling Stone 4**** ‘Atmospheric sonic experimentations’
Metro 4**** ‘quintessentially Sigur Rós, these avant-garde hymns demand, and
reward, time and attention’
Pitchfork ‘Sigur Rós’ music has all the depth, resonance and humanity of
a Brueghel landscape, and is best appreciated at loud volumes in open spaces, as a
soundtrack for scenery, real or imagined.
