I think the newest album is their best. Agætis Byrjun was much less consistent, and Von was just... well... a tad convoluted. The ( ) album has a very distinct flow to it. It even has a climactic ending!BOB said:i kinda liked Agætis Byrjun but the new one doesn't kick me anymore. Same with godspeed you black emperor. seems these bands somehow fired off all their ammo. So nowadays when listening to these quiet bands i rather take woven hand or elliot smith thus being more songwriter like they manage to put me in that certain mood that sigur ros did 2 yrs ago
The13thScroll said:I actually found out about them when napster first started up, 3 years ago.The13thScroll said:Sigur Ros, eh, they're all right. If they hadn't become the critics darlings, especially for Rolling Stone, I'm sure not many of us would even know about them.
Everyone is complaining about "playing the guitar w/ a bow is old" but what is unique isnt the technique, but the overall sound produced... Accompanied with vocals, piano and bass, it all comes off as very much a different sound than when Jimmy Page played.I dig some of their songs off of the new album (), but I gotta say, that just like their first album, they gotta rid of all the Wally the Whale solos, it gets old real fast for me. Playing the guitar w/ a bow is old news to me, hell, Jimmy Page was doin it 30 years ago ;)