Sigur Rós.








Named in part after a sister of one of the bandmembers, Reykjavik, Iceland's Sigur Rós (Victory Rose) was formed by guitarist and vocalist Jón Þór Birgisson (who later went by the name Jónsi), bassist Georg Holm, and drummer Ágúst Ævar Gunnarsson. Formed in early 1994 while the members were teenagers, the trio's first recorded song earned them a deal with Iceland's Bad Taste label. Their sprawling debut LP, Von (Hope), was released in 1997, followed the next year by a collection of remixes from that album, Recycle Bin. Kjartan Sveinsson joined the band on keyboards and the band recorded 1999's strings-heavy Ágætis Byrjun (Good Start), earning themselves numerous accolades in their homeland and achieving platinum status in sales. Gunnarsson then departed and was quickly replaced by Orri Páll DýRason.

Svefn-G-Englar, their first release to be distributed outside of their native country, was hailed as NME's Single of the Week during September of 1999, launching a press hype steamroller in the U.K. and -- to a lesser extent -- in the U.S. The "Ný Battery" single was issued in early 2000, the band's breakout year. British independent Fat Cat began distributing the band, stretching their reach beyond Icelanders and rabid journalists. April dates in England with Godspeed You! Black Emperorwere capped off by an appearance at the All Tomorrow's Parties festival, and they also opened several dates of Radiohead's European tour before year's end.

Sigur Rós spent the first three months of 2001 off the road, setting up their own studio and making their third album. Meanwhile, Ágætis Byrjun found a label in the U.S. and worldwide press became increasingly positive and varied; both Entertainment Weekly and The Wire ran features on the band. The group began touring again in April, playing more shows in Europe, a handful in the States, and several more in Japan throughout the remainder of the year. By the end of the year, Ágætis Byrjun had won the Shortlist Prize for Artistic Achievement in Music; it was also declared Iceland's Best Album of the Century.

( ), Sigur Rós' third album, was released in 2002. The majority of the material was honed on the road prior to being recorded at Alafoss, the group's studio, located outside Reykjavik. The album featured a raw sound in comparison to its predecessors and scaled back the extreme highs and lows that were prominent on Ágætis Byrjun. Three years later, they issued 2005's Takk..., featuring some tighter arrangements and brighter tones. In 2007 they released the documentary film Heima, which chronicled the band's tour of Iceland the previous year alongside an intimate acoustic show at a coffee shop in the small town of Borg.

Released in 2008, Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaustfound the group adding fairly straightforward pop songs to its sound alongside the traditionally epic soundscapes. After Sigur Rós completed touring for the album (the final weekend of shows recorded and captured on film and then released in 2011 as Inni), they headed back to the studio but scrapped the results and went on a hiatus. During this time, Jónsilaunched a solo career, first collaborating with boyfriend Alex Somers (as Jónsi & Alex) on 2009's Riceboy Sleeps, then releasing 2010's Go under his own name. His main claim to fame, though, was recording "Sticks and Stones" for the soundtrack of How to Train Your Dragon.

The group ended its hiatus in April of 2010, playing a set at the Coachella Festival. In October of 2011, they released their first live album, Inni, a document of their 2008 tour. Their understated sixth studio album, Valtari (Steamroller), was issued in May of the following year. Following up quickly, Sigur Rós took their sound in a darker, more aggressive direction with their seventh album, Kveikur, which found them pushing their sound in unsettling directions.

(Artist Biography by Andy Kellman)


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SIGUR ROS:"Sæglópur"
English Translation 
 
You are a fox
You take off - into the air
In the air, yes
Into the air
In the air, yes

You glide/float/tolerate; suffer
Oh peace, war/unrest/discord
Oh no
Oh no, oh
Oh no
Oh no, oh

A lost seafarer
Alive
Has returned home
A lost seafarer
Alive
Has returned home
A diver comes

("Sæglópur"
Icelandic 
 
Þú, ert refur
Þú, þú hefur - á lofti

Á lofti, já
Á loft
Á lofti, já

Þú, líður
Ó, ó friður
Ó nei
Ó nei, já
Ó nei
Ó nei já

Sæglópur
Á lífi
Kominn heim
Sæglópur
Á lífi
Kominn heim
Það kemur kafari)


Sigur Rós:"Ég anda, sem betur fer" 
("I breathe, fortunately")


Sigur Rós:''Brennisteinn''

We plunge in
A glance
Then strikes
A blinding light

Then they melt
The end
And flows in
The daylight

Now it drags and pulls
And tears out every particle
Joints ache
And crack, they are dislocated
Blood runs in the veins

In the skin
Your (skin)
It digs its claws
And lacerates

Now it drags and pulls
And tears out every particle
Joints ache
And crack, they are dislocated
We raise our bowed bodies
The spine we straighten
Blood runs in the veins

Don't tell anyone
Don't tell anyone

Don't tell anyone
Don't tell anyone

Don't tell anyone
Don't tell anyone

Now it drags and pulls
And tears out every particle
Joints ache
And crack, they are dislocated
We raise our bowed bodies
The spine we straighten
Blood runs in the veins 


Sigur Rós - Valtari from Sigur Rós Valtari Mystery Films on Vimeo.
Sigur Ros:''Leaning Towards Solace''
 
God trusted me with your life. But I’m a fraud. I’m afraid. I’m afraid of the blood running through trees and the war that is about to begin. I’m sorry, I’ve been gutted. I know I let you down. Remember, that this life is just another illusion. If only I could move in and out of nonexistence to the space between places. Space. She: Space. Space. Space between the places. I’m not afraid. I’m not afraid. He: Don’t be afraid Sarah. Love everything. Love…everything. Both: Love everything.
Leaning Towards Solace from Sigur Rós Valtari Mystery Films on Vimeo.
Sigur Rós:''Warning''
English Translation 
 
Three laid out
And fields of everything melted
Out all, all out.
And let's light the bonfire-candles
And the winds from far away.
As ?who/might be something else? became brick walls
All, everywhere
And enough bones are cold
Kills everything
Warning
Warning
Outside, part of the icecold
Let's light a bonfire, when it's evening
And words wait bluecold
Let's build again a silver shelter
And winds from underneath
As ?who? became brick walls
All, everywhere
There laid a thousand falls
And draws everything
Warning
Warning
Warning
 
Sigur Rós:''Varúð''
Ισλανδικά
 
Þrjú lagst út
Og reitum til alls tiðna
Út allt, allt út
Og kveikjum bálkerti
Og vindur undan frá
Sem hverlir orðnar múrar
Allt, allt út um allt
Og nóg beini er kalt
Drepur allt
Varúð
Varúð
Útan liður í ísköld
Kveikjum varðeld, þá að komi kvöld
Og orðin bíðum bláköld
Við reisum aftur á sifurskjól
Og vindur undan frá
Sem hverlir orðnar múrar
Allt, allt út um allt
Þarna lá þúsund fall
Og dregur all
Varúð
Varúð
Varúð


Sigur Rós:''Dauðalogn''
English Translation 

The world silent 
No movement in the high sea
It sounds like a grave's silence 
There is none awake 
There is no rapid tempo 
Total dead calm

 Yet the noble believe
People may show hope
I see through the calm
All towing on the centuries

 We realize is easy
Tourists and me 
Fill the mountains
This echoes 
Echoes in the heads 
There is dead calm

 Yet the noble believe
People may show hope
Through the flames I see
Now a dark boat wonder into the hope
The morning rain
All its calm ripples in place
And the seagull attacks in
And the seagull breaks into the dead calm
Sigur Rós: ''Dauðalogn''
Ισλανδικά

Heimur hljóðlátur
Hreyfist ei hár á höfði
Hljómar grafarþögn
Enginn vaknaður
Enginn taktur hraður
Algert dauðalogn

 einná við held ég
Lýðar gætúr birta bál
Geinn með mér sjálfum
Anda inn anda frá

 Víðáttan er greið
Ferðamönnum og mér
Vili fjallasal
Þetta bergmálar
Bergmálar í höfðum
Úti dauðalogn

 einn á við held ég
Lýðar gætúr birta von
Einn með sjálfum mér
Nú signu vast að unðum til von
Morgunin mætir
Með sítt logngára stað
Og nú árast í
Og nú brjótum í dauðalogn



 Sigur Rós:''Svefn-G-Englar''
English Translation
 
(I) am here once more (anew)
Inside of you
(It's) so nice to be (in here)
But I can't stay for long

I float around in liquid hibernation
(in a hotel)
connected to the electricity board
(and drinking)

tjú, tjú
tjú, tjú

But the wait makes me (uneasy)
I kick (the fragility) away from me (and I shout)
I have to go (help)

tjú, tjú, tjú
tjú, tjú, tjú

tjú, tjú, tjú, tjú, tjú

I explode out and the peace is gone

(Bathed in new light
I cry and I cry, disconnected)
An unused brain is put on breasts and is fed by sleep
Sleep angels

tjú, tjú, tjú
tjú, tjú, tjú
tjú






Sigur Rós - Valtari (2012) 


0:00 Ég anda / 6:15 Ekki múkk / 13:59 Varúð / 20:37 Rembihnútur / 25:42 Dauðalogn / 32:19 Varðeldur / 38:27 Valtari / 46:46 Fjögur píanó /


'CIRCE''
''CIRCE'' IS A NEW INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM RECORDED BY GEORG HOLM AND ORRI PÁLL DÝRASON (OF SIGUR RÓS) WITH HILMAR ÖRN HILMARSSON AND KJARTAN HOLM. 
1. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, BOYS AND GIRLS 
2. LILA 
3. HYPERBOLE 
4. TORTURE 
5. THE ETERNAL FEMININE 
6. THE CROWN OF CREATION 
7. TKO 
8. FILAPHILIA (A TRIBUTE TO SIGGI ARMANN) 
9. TO BORIS WITH LOVE 
10. LIQUID BREAD & CIRCUSES 
11. SALIRE 
12. BREAKFAST IN THE HIMALAYAS 
13. WIREWALKER 14. EPILOGUE

  Sigur Rós - Hvarf/Heim [FULL ALBUM]

1. Salka 0:00 2. Hljómalind 6:11 3. Í Gær 11:05 4. Von 17:30 5. Hafsól 26:47 [Heim] 6. Samskeyti (Live) 36:34 7. Starálfur (Live) 41:57 8. Vaka (Live) 47:25 9. Ágætis Byrjun (Live) 52:44 10. Heysátan (Live) 59:22 11. Von (Live) 1:04:04