Agaetis is not Sigur Rós' first album. "Von" from 1997 is their debut. And a
very good one too, a lot darker and more intense than "Agaetis Byrjun"
About "()", i really like the first four songs of the album. The rest is not
so good, though.
Luís Marta.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Justin Lovero" <jmlnews@yahoo.com>
To: <idm@hyperreal.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2002 10:01 PM
Subject: RE: [idm] Sigur Ros (was re: Year-End Mini-Reviews)
quoted 58 lines I totally agree; () is terrible. I have been a huge
> I totally agree; () is terrible. I have been a huge
> Sigur Ros fan ever since I saw them live at Coachella
> a few years back. Their first album was a fucking
> masterpiece. SOmeone here criticized "Agaetis..." for
> being a collection of songs and not a cohesive album.
> Even if I thought that was true, and I don't think it
> is, I wouldn't care. The songs on "Agaetis..." were
> beautifully crafted. They had great melodies,
> stunning arrangemets, and they evolved over time.
> Sigur Ros clearly had a lot of great ideas and
> executed those ideas with great skill when making that
> album.
>
> (), on the other hand, is boring, shoe-gazer,
> prog-rock. Instead of writing great songs, Sigur Ros
> has elected to bludgeon their listeners with mopey,
> repetitive dirges that all sound more or less the
> same. Worse yet, nearly all of these songs were fully
> formed and played during their 2001 tour. So, not
> only is () a bad album, it is a bad album that most
> Sigur Ros fans had already heard before it was
> released. Most bands play their songs live before
> they are relased on an album, but take the time in the
> studio to develop and experiment with those songs.
> Not so with ().
>
> () is far and away the most disappointing album of the
> year.
>
> --- "Albers, Brian" <BAlbers@premiereradio.com> wrote:
> >
> > new
> > Sigur Ros
> > album. What a complete waste! I can't imagine
> > anything more boring
> > than "()"
> >
> > I've never been much of a fan, but a friend was
> > raving about a recent live
> > show of theirs and put on the cd. It sounded to me
> > like nothing more than
> > re-hashed Pink Floyd with all the prog-rock
> > symphonic trappings. One song
> > even had the exact same chord progression of
> > Stairway to Heaven.
> >
>
>
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