(AU magazine September 2008)
(EMI)
SINGLE REVIEW
Too exotic for us Brits to ‘get’ in any real sense, the Icelandic Sigur Rós make nevertheless a very gentle music with a deep darkness showing at its very edges. Inní Mér Syngur Vitleysingur has the requisite sweep, swollen to near-bursting with brass and big beats. Singer Jónsi Birgisson throws in some more of his outlandish vocals and the whole thing is very much as one would expect. Its playability comes down to listeners’ predilection for overblown, overcooked lush ‘post-rock’ with a nice line in celestial ambience. Which probably makes it excellent music for funerals.
Monday 1 September 2008
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