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It takes its name from "Von", a song on Sigur Rós's debut album Von where it was first used. However, not all Sigur Rós songs are in Vonlenska; many are sung in Icelandic. Vonlenska differs from both natural and constructed languages used for human communication.
Aug 29, 2023 · Twenty-five years after joining Sigur Rós, formed in Iceland in 1994 — and weeks after releasing the majestic ÁTTA, their first album in a decade — the keyboardist still encounters the same rote descriptions of their music, often pegged to the natural beauty of the group’s native country. Jónsi’s signature falsetto, some critics say ...
Mar 24, 2014 · Icelandic post-rockers Sigur Rós craft one of the most strikingly unique sounds in the world. Its a swelling blend of orchestral grandiosity, tranquil cinematic lulls, and frontman Jónsi’s piercing falsetto.
- The Band's Humble Beginnings
- Von (Hope), 1997
- Agaetis Byrjun (A Good Beginning), 1999
- 2002
- Takk... (Thanks...), 2005
- Valtari (Steamroller), 2012
- Kveikur
- Sigur Ros Today
The band's formation is largely coincidental, with Kjartan being the only member with any formal musical training. Jónsi was chosen to lead the vocals, simply because no other member of the band could sing; the famous cello bow, used by Jónsi to create strange and imperial noises against his guitar strings, was only a second thought after Georg fai...
Their first album, Von (Hope), was released in 1997, recorded in exchange for the band members painting the studio in which they worked. Within the first year of Von'srelease, the album had only sold 313 copies domestically. Upon the album's completion, the band members listened back to it together and mutually decided that their next venture would...
It was their second album, Ágætis Byrjun (A Good Beginning), that truly thrust the band into the international spotlight. A creative rebirth; Sigur Rós’ newfound direction and fascination with spatial definition created an album quite unlike anything else at the time. Be it the ethereal orchestration, the softly placed falsetto vocals, the jumping ...
‘()’ was the first Sigur Rós album to be recorded at their new, purposefully designed studio in Mosfellsbaer, just thirty minutes out from Reykjavik. Initially, the band had ambitions to compose and record their latest venture in a disused NATO base, found in the northernmost mountains of Iceland. After scouting the sight, however, it was clearly s...
Takk... was the band's fourth album and something of a new direction from their previously untitled venture. Unlike that album, the majority of the lyrics were sung in Icelandic, with only three tracks on the album -"Andvari", "Gong" and "Mílanó"- being sung in Hopelandic. In its first week of release, the album sold 30,000 copies and ranked 27th o...
As a collection,Valtarifeels like an incredibly visceral dream; Jónsi's falsetto is not the particular focus of this album, his voice utilised instead to act as a layering instrument complimenting the wider piece. And that's just it; the entire album is an atmospheric soundscape, a delicate compilation of subtle piano chords, ethereal string work a...
Kveikur is the first album by Sigur Rós without Kjartan, and their first after signing onto a new label. In that spirit, Kveikur sounds like neither the pop nor the ambient stylings previously explored by the band. Now fitting neatly into a 3-man band setup, Kjartan's keyboards have been replaced with a grittier, heavier sound - cascading drum sets...
Most recently, Sigur Rós has expanded into new avenues; in 2017, whilst touring in California, the band released their own line of cannabis-infused gumdrops, “Wild Sigurberry,” (not surprising, after all, given Jónsi’s 1992 band, Stoned.) Having joined up with cannabis brand Lord Jones, this product is limited edition and sold in a box of nine, dec...
- Ágætis Byrjun (1999) Like the band’s debut album Von, Ágætis Byrjun is 72 minutes long. Like that album, Ágætis Byrjun features a baby on the cover (albeit a strange, angel-winged, alien baby in utero this time).
- () (2002) A perfect title that invites listeners to fill in the blank space between the brackets. It was recorded in an empty swimming pool. Even the album’s inlay contains blank pages.
- Takk… (2005) Takk... is the most diverse and accessible record in the Sigur Rós catalogue. Songs are shorter. Orchestration is lush. It often sounds like an actual band playing, with drums, bowed guitar, piano, and Jónsi’s skywards vocal all intertwining in ways traditional but uncommon for them.
- ÁTTA (2023) Ten years after the release of Kveikur, ÁTTA (simply meaning ‘eight’) is a welcome return from Iceland’s most famous sons. Also returning this time, is keyboardist Kjartan Sveinsson and unlike the seething sounds last heard on record a decade prior, the band’s eighth studio album aims for the kind of celestial grace that they made their trademark.
Known for their ethereal sound, frontman Jónsi's falsetto vocals, and the use of bowed guitar, the band's music is also noticeable for its incorporation of classical and minimalist aesthetic elements. The name "Sigur Rós" is Icelandic for "Victory Rose".
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Sigur Rós are an Icelandic post-rock band from Reykjavík who have been active since 1994. Known for their ethereal sound, frontman Jónsi Birgisson ’s falsetto vocals, and the use of bowed...
