"( )" is divided into two halves, the light and the dark, the summer and the winter, or however you like to describe it. "Ágætis Byrjun" is a collection of very orchestated songs with Birgisson's voice and cello-bow-played guitar flying high and far across the horizon creating a place of beauty and tranquillity. The groups closest to SIGUR RÓS in terms of feeling and atmosphere are probably GODSPEED YOU! BLACK EMPEROR and MAGYAR POSSE.
Jónsi Birgisson's falsetto and the use of a cello bow to to play his guitar are the most distinct factors in creating that sound incomparable to anything any band has ever come up with. With "Ágætis Byrjun" and "( )" SIGUR RÓS have really perfected their unique sound full of space and atmosphere. The production of the much anticipated fifth album is under way and waiting to be released some time in 2005. The fourth album, untitled and often referred to as "( )", was released in 2002 and was received with love and acclaim both by critics and fans. After the recording of "Ágætis Byrjun", which was received with praising reviews all around the world, the drummer Ágúst left the band and was replaced by Orri Páll Dýrason. "Von" was followed by a remix album "Von Brigði" in 1998 and their first masterpiece "Ágætis Byrjun" in 1999. Later joined by Kjartan Sveinsson on keyboards they began their recording career in 1997 with the album "Von" which was not released outside of Iceland until the late 2004.
SIGUR RÓS was formed by three Icelandic young men: Jónsi Birgisson (guitar, vocals), Georg Holm (bass) and Ágúst (drums).
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