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Rating: von (=hope)
von brigði (recycle bin)
ágætis byrjun
( )
These are the first 4 albums, the first two released only in Iceland. Just for the record.
Sigur Rós take the rejection of words to the extreme: "()" has as its title two brackets, or a symbol, the 8 songs on the album do NOT have titles, the 12-page booklet does NOT contain any words, and on the barcode sticker on the back it says "remove after purchase". The non-meaning of the "hopelandish" language invented by Jon Thor Birgisson has reached the total rejection of intelligible information.
The two parts of the album are divided by a 30-second pause, the CD goes -30,-29,-28...the first part is more minimal, opens with a piano and Jonsi's voice. The chords would also be uplifting, which lift you up, but the distortions in the background, though delicate, give a sense of anguish. Very slow tempos. You're stuck. Suspended. It makes me want to cry. Is it the weather?
The second part is more rhythmic, more prog rock, fortunately without ever becoming it. And the influence that Sigur Rós have had on Radiohead becomes very evident.
I prefer the first part, it drags me down, but I listen to it again. Beautiful.
A beautiful album. And words don't matter, what the songs say is created by your own mind. And Jonsi's NON-words.
Tracklist and Lyrics
01 [Vaka] (06:38)
you sigh low tonight
you're so alone
you're so
you sigh alot and fight
you're so lost
you're so
you fight so low
you're so alone
you sigh low
your sighs are low
you're so
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