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Chris_H_2 wrote:
god i miss kjartan
Yeah, Kveikur is the only Sigur Ros album I don't love (not counting Von) and I think him not being on Kveikur is a big reason for it. Their live shows are also suffering from his absence. The last time I saw them as a three piece without any strings/brass instruments didn't impress me even nearly as much as their earlier concerts.
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Mike wrote:
Chris_H_2 wrote:
god i miss kjartan
Yeah, Kveikur is the only Sigur Ros album I don't love (not counting Von) and I think him not being on Kveikur is a big reason for it. Their live shows are also suffering from his absence. The last time I saw them as a three piece without any strings/brass instruments didn't impress me even nearly as much as their earlier concerts.
i agree. there's definitely an "empty" sound to them now that he's gone. in particularly, they seem to avoid playing any of the songs from med sud altogether with the exception of festival (which again, sounds kind of bland).
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E.H. Ruddock wrote:
bodysnatcher wrote:
( ) is my fave
Not sure if serious?
But that album has some really great atmosphere, I love it. Such a different album for them.
Dead serious. I absolutely love that album. I’d say it was one one of the more pivotal albums that has shaped some of my interests in other music. I remember buying it at the campus bookstore with a store credit that I got from returning a textbook of a class I dropped.
But that album has some really great atmosphere, I love it. Such a different album for them.
Dead serious. I absolutely love that album. I’d say it was one one of the more pivotal albums that has shaped some of my interests in other music. I remember buying it at the campus bookstore with a store credit that I got from returning a textbook of a class I dropped.
I had Vaka playing when I first read the news on dirtyfrank0705. Picked up the single release that came along with the DVD and watched the video shortly thereafter if not that night and listening/seeing either still evokes a very somber mood.
Minus the Rimur, Hlemmer and Ba Ba Ti Ki Di Do releases, which were related to other projects, I think this is their studio output of original songs not found on their albums:
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i didn’t realize ( ) was not a top favorite of many. it definitely is my favorite record by them. their later output, from med sud on, just never really clicked for me. i do like valtari well enough i guess - the film project dvd i thought was a cool thing - but the others i’d not miss if i never heard them again.
( ) agaetis takk von valtari med sud kveikur
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I wish they went full on industrial post-rock on Kveikur. Brennisteinn and Kveikur (the song) are amazing but the rest is same old Sigur Rós.
I think the other songs are different enough from their previous work to warrant existing on an album of their own, but a record of more industrial stuff like you mentioned (among which I would almost include "Hrafntinna") would be nice. I felt like they were going to deliver on something like that when they put out "Óveður" a few years ago, but nothing ever happened and they've been in their weird holding pattern ever since.
I wish they went full on industrial post-rock on Kveikur. Brennisteinn and Kveikur (the song) are amazing but the rest is same old Sigur Rós.
I think the other songs are different enough from their previous work to warrant existing on an album of their own, but a record of more industrial stuff like you mentioned (among which I would almost include "Hrafntinna") would be nice. I felt like they were going to deliver on something like that when they put out "Óveður" a few years ago, but nothing ever happened and they've been in their weird holding pattern ever since.
There was four years between Með suð and Valtari but at least we got Inni during the interim. The focus on reissues and such has been interesting but some new music would be really nice. That said, I haven't listened to Riceboy Sleeps or Go in ages.
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Brett wrote:
Mike wrote:
I wish they went full on industrial post-rock on Kveikur. Brennisteinn and Kveikur (the song) are amazing but the rest is same old Sigur Rós.
I think the other songs are different enough from their previous work to warrant existing on an album of their own, but a record of more industrial stuff like you mentioned (among which I would almost include "Hrafntinna") would be nice. I felt like they were going to deliver on something like that when they put out "Óveður" a few years ago, but nothing ever happened and they've been in their weird holding pattern ever since.
exactly, I thought they were going heavier, which I'd like them to try
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