I’ve been having some recent conversations at work about music, and out of one of them, Sigur Rós came up. I can’t believe I haven’t discovered these guys yet. They’re absolutely amazing. Their album Takk (they don’t exactly speak a lot of English) is amazing. Here’s a song off of that album.

Musically, they’re in the same vein as Explosions in the Sky and Mogwai, although they’re quite different. It’s like pure, unbridled emotion in the form of melodies and counterpoints. There is some singing, but it’s all in Icelandic.

I got turned off to them because the first album of theirs I heard was their rare EP with Mogwai, which is more like ambient noise than music. Not so with their other stuff. Their album Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust is really good too. Not the most engaging stuff, but absolutely beautiful.

As an aside, the group of us from work are all going to see Watchmen next weekend, so we get to talk about music and good movies. (Well, hopefully it’s good.) We’re going opening night (Friday), so I’ll try to get a review up here the next day for all those wondering how it is.

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