The story of the Icelandic formation Sigur Ros is one of the most unlikely success stories in pop music. The fairytale music hardly reminds of the music of their contemporaries, unless it is the rarefied, experimental sounds of Radiohead. The second album of the group, decorated with many strings(1999), gave the group indestructible cult status. On the successor () everything is done to reinforce
… the mythical appeal of the group. No additional information can be found in the beautiful CD sleeve. In the scarce lyrics, singer Jon Por Birgison limits himself to a mixture of Icelandic and 'Hopelands': a made-up fairy-tale language. In the end, all attention goes to the beautiful music of the foursome, in which the minimalist influence of and be recognized, but which is above all unique in its kind. (MS)more
