Með Suð í Eyrum Við Spilum Endalaust

1. gobbledigook · 3:05
2. inní mér syngur vitleysingur · 4:05
3. góðan daginn · 5:15
4. við spilum endalaust · 3:33
5. festival · 9:24
6. suð í eyrum · 4:56
7. ára bátur · 8:57
8. illgresi · 4:13
9. fljótavík · 3:49
10. straumnes · 2:01
11. all alright · 6:21

Just when you thought i might be dead, or at the very least had permanently forgotten my blogger password, i return triumphantly with information about our favorite icelandic makers of audible glory... and in case you were wondering, yes, i copied most of this directly from the band's site..

Með Suð í Eyrum Við Spilum Endalaust
[translation: With a buzz in our ears we play endlessly]

Sigur Rós will be releasing their fifth album on June 23rd, 2008. The first song from the album, entitled ‘Gobbledigook’, is now available worldwide for free download, via www.sigurros.com.

A pre-sale for the album will begin on www.sigurros.com on June 2nd and anyone who pre-orders will then be able to access a stream of the full album from June 9th.

With A Buzz… was co-produced by the band and renowned producer Flood and was recorded in New York City (at Sear Sound Studios), London (at Assault and Battery Studios and Abbey Road), Reykjavík (at Álafoss, the band’s studio, as well as a church in Reykjavik) and Havana, Cuba. Their newest creation is the first album in the band’s career to be made outside of Iceland. It is also their first album to feature vocalist Jón “Jónsi” Thor Birgisson’s vocals in English on one track (the remainder are sung in Icelandic).

Inspired by the unfettered feeling of the acoustic performances filmed during Heima, Sigur Rós decided to adopt a looser approach in the writing and creation of their brilliant fifth album. The material for the album was written, recorded and mixed entirely in 2008 and is being released just one month after completion. The album glows with the perfect imperfection of live takes, the sounds of fingers playing guitar strings, cracked notes, and a stark, upfront presence not found in previous Sigur Rós recordings, moving away from the reverb-induced guitar sounds of old to something altogether more fragile and affecting. It also contains some of the most joyous music the band has ever recorded.

First song ‘Gobbledigook’ sets the tone with its shifting acoustic guitars, playful vocals, time signature shifts and swirling percussion, while ‘Inni mer syngur vitleysingur’ (‘Within me a lunatic sings’) sparkles as one of the most anthemic songs Sigur Rós have ever written. ‘Festival’ is epic in its elation and scope, ‘Illgresi’ (‘Weeds’) features one of Jónsi’s finest vocal melodies over a lone acoustic guitar, and ‘Ára bátur’ (‘Row boat’) is the single largest musical undertaking in the band’s career, as it was recorded live in one take with the London Sinfonietta and London Oratory Boy’s Choir, a total of 90 people playing at the same time. The band also utilized the talents of their string-quartet friends Amiina, as well as a five-piece brass section on certain tracks, in addition to introducing the Mellotron into their writing/recording process for the first time on this album, specifically on one of the most tender and beautiful songs on the record, ‘Fljótavík’.