Jun 30 2008 5:32 pm,
Sigur Rós
‘Með Suð Í Eyrum Við Spilum Endalaust’
(EMI)
Taking the unlatched, homely spirit of their brilliant tour film Heima, Sigur Rós' fifth album is a looser-fitting but altogether warmer outing than any before. Live takes show up the band's raw creative breadth and a surprising new dose of optimism.
'Gobbledigook' is a brilliant, rousing and off-kilter start – and its bustling spirit sticks. The bulk of ‘Með Suð Í…’ wanders with buzzing, vibrant soundscapes often endlessly building to no climax of their own, but up to and around the monumental 'Ára Bátur' at its centre. Taken as a start-to-finish whole this is their truest, least conscious record – overcoming any of the aimlessness of ‘Takk’. Extraordinarily beautiful, and opening up plenty of exciting possibilities for the next.
Jeremy Kingsley
