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Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust | 
 enlarge | Artist: Sigur Ros
Label: XL Recordings
Category: Music
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Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
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Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 40364
UPC: 634904036423
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ASIN: B001ACY8D2
Release Date: June 24, 2008
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| Tracks:
| • | Gobbledigook | | • | Inni mer syngur vitleysingur | | • | Godan daginn | | • | Vid spilum endalaust | | • | Festival | | • | Med sud i eyrum | | • | Ara batur | | • | Illgresi | | • | Fljotavik | | • | Straumnes | | • | All Alright |
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Amazon.co.uk
Sigur Ros--the sound of snow-capped peaks. Or winged things flocking over vast plains. Or salmon making that final courageous, muscular leap upstream, homeward bound. Ever since the BBC so aptly enlisted the help of the band's "Hoppipolla" single to theme the groundbreaking natural history series Planet Earth, the ever-ethereal Icelandic band have become somewhat typecast, finding themselves conducting awe across the backdrops of nearly every other programme in that broad genre. And with that came the danger that all which followed would automatically become an instant cliche. And though their last album Takk saw a slowing of their evolution in favour of solidifying the established sound in accessible earfuls, Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust (which translates as "with a buzz in our ears we play endlessly") sees enough of a stylistic twist to keep things moving, without undercutting this new approachability. Where previously they sounded untouched by human hands, all alien post-rock abstractions, they now sound much more organic, sometimes literally like men playing instruments in a room. Albeit pensively, and extraordinarily. It is a perky record, attentive and exquisite, familiar but not derivative. The rhythmically adventurous "Gobbledigook" reminds of Brooklyn experimentalists Battles, unplugged, the xylophone heavy "Inni Mer Syngur Vitleysingur" is this album's "Hoppipolla" and "Ara Batur" is trembling, lonely and eventually triumphant. "Festival", the album's centrepiece, melds the old and new Sigur Ros dramatically over nine majestic minutes and must number amongst the best moments of their career. -- James Berry
Product Description
Inspired by the unfettered feeling of the acoustic performances filmed during Heima, Sigur Ros
adopted a looser approach in creating their fifth album Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust.
The album consequently is fresher and more human than anything they ve previously
recorded.
Rough edges, cracked notes, and the sound of fingers on strings are audible resulting in tracks
(e.g. Illgresi ) that prove to be the band's sparsest and most affecting work to date. Worry not
though, plenty of electric guitar can be heard throughout the album ensuring Sigur Ros
commitment to challenging sonic limitations.
Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust is truly a groundbreaking album for Sigur Ros. It s the
first time they ve attempted to write, record, mix, release and support (by touring) an album in
the same year. Notoriously known for their laborious writing/recording style and their Icelandic
roots, Sigur Ros decided to record an album outside of Iceland for the first time. Recording,
mixing and mastering sessions took place in such un-Reykjavik cities as New York (Sear
Sound and Sterling Sound), London (Abbey Road and Assault & Battery) and Havana. The
result is pretty much their leave home album, the anti-Heima.
The opening track, Gobbledigook , is a manifesto setter with its shifting/no time signature. On
the last track, All Alright , Sigur Ros find themselves singing a song solely in English for the
first time. The seventh track, Ara Batur , was performed with a full orchestra and the London
Oratory Boys Choir. This was recorded in one take with no overdubs and the result was 90
people playing at once and just one perfect take. This is their first album working with Flood
(U2, Depeche Mode, PJ Harvey) and the first since their debut to not be recorded with Ken
Thomas. It was a true co-production, one that found Sigur Ros breaking out of old
molds/habits.
The cover artwork is a photo taken from a flyer for Ryan McGinley s most recent photo
exhibition in NYC, I Know Where the Summer Goes , and the image captures perfectly the
spirit of the album, one of free-spirited happiness and exploration.
The band will be touring the US throughout the fall of 2008 to support Med Sud I Eyrum Vid
Spilum Endalaust.
Album Description
Inspired by the unfettered feeling of the acoustic performances filmed during Heima, Sigur Ros adopted a looser approach in creating their fifth album Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust. The album consequently is fresher and more human than anything they've previously recorded. Rough edges, cracked notes, and the sound of fingers on strings are audible resulting in tracks. It's the first time they've attempted to write, record, mix, release and support (by touring) an album in the same year. Notoriously known for their laborious writing/recording style and their Icelandic roots, Sigur Ros decided to record an album outside of Iceland for the first time. Recording, mixing and mastering sessions took place in such un-Reykjavik cities as New York (Sear Sound and Sterling Sound), London (Abbey Road and Assault & Battery) and Havana.
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 More Joyous, Great Music from Sigur Ros September 8, 2008
Judith Stull (Fulton, Maryland)
One of my favorite albums of all time is Sigur Ros' Agaetis Byrjun, so naturally I pick up their other albums as they come out. Takk was good as was ( ) but I'm really enjoying this new 5th album which according to the Sigur Ros website translates as "with a buzz in our ears we play endlessly." The first song, "Gobbledigook" is quickly becoming another favorite, bouncing from one speaker to another. The second song, "Inni mer syngur vitlajsingur" is an awesome anthem, but the title which in English translates as "Within me a lunatic sings" just makes me laugh. The song fills me with joy too. "Festival" starts out slowly, but then powers into another classic Sigur Ros song. "Godan daginn" is sweet and soft, almost like a lullaby and I hope no one ever watches me listen to "Vid spilum endalaust" because I'm just bouncing around in my chair. lol It's a true pop song. Their music isn't like any other bands I know of. The clear, high vocals by Jonsi Birgisson are sung in either Icelandic or "Hopelandic", a made up language that he uses to first fill in songs without lyrics. For the first time, one song on the album is sung in English. The album is fun and cheerful and full of life. I have to admit, I was first taken aback by the naked bottoms on the album cover, as well as on the video of Gobbledigook with everyone running through the countryside naked. It's not sexy, it's just sans clothing. :) Listening to Sigur Ros taught me to listen to music differently. I don't know the lyrics and can't begin to know what some of the songs mean, (witness my totally favorite song Flugufrelsarinn which I just found out is sort of about saving a fly in a river!) but I love the beautiful sound of Jonsi's voice and the gorgeous and overlayed background instruments, the uncommon use of playing an electric guitar with a cello bow, the symphony and boys choir in the background of "Ara Batur". It's a lovely album and I can't recommend their music highly enough.
 Sigur Ros - Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust September 5, 2008
S. D. Mason (Greenville, NC)
Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust (2008, XL) Sigur Ros's fifth studio album. ****
As any fan of Sigur Ros knows, they're fantastically strange. And anyone who does not like them would say the same, only changing that they're too strange, and that they're being different for the sake of being different. It's easy enough to say that the lyrical approach is pretentious; Sigur Ros sing in a Norwegian jibberish, encouraging their fans to make up their own words. No album better expresses their artsy tactfulness (or lack thereof, as some may say) than 2002's ( ), which had no titles, no lyrics, no acknowledgements, no nothing. The cover simply had the parenthesis and the band's name, and beyond that it was a mystery.
Now Sigur Ros have taken a new direction, and even the most devoted fan would have to say it is fairly different from anything they've done before. The opener, "Gobbledigook," is probably the most upbeat song the band has ever performed, and the whole album feels this way. While with Takk... and ( ) Sigur Ros explored the depths of moodiness, subtlety, and spaciness, Med Sud I Eyrum takes a turn for the spiritual, presenting itself in different fashions. The genres range from folk-stomp to church hymn to tribal beats, but no where does the album not feel as if it was made in the spirit of hope and the unknown. Sure, we've no idea what they might be saying (as the lyrics are again in a foreign mix of nonsense), but Sigur Ros have successfully demonstrated that they are only about music, and that their voices are merely tools for creating beautiful sounds and that the words are unimportant. Without saying anything, they have communicated a message purely through music, and that is a feat in and of itself. (Godan Daginn, Festival, Med Sud I Eyrum)
Ice-tastic! September 4, 2008
lillian js milne (usa)
This is my first try with a foreign language CD. Sigur Ros is a great band from Iceland and their beautiful melodies are wonderful to listen to. I know that American music is popular all over the world, now I know what it feels like to get into the sound of a band, even if you do not understand the language they are singing in. It is very different, a very interesting sound.
I just cant stop listening to this album September 2, 2008
Michael Cabrera (Chicago, IL United States)
There are some albums where you like one or two songs and the rest just does nothing for you. then there are albums where you like every song on it but then after a while it gets old and it falls by the wayside. this album took me completely off guard. i heard a song on a local college station and took a chance buying the whole album....i must have listened to it through ten times or more since i bought it and each song remains fresh and new. im even hard pressed to name one or two favorites beacause each song remains as strong as the one before it....the songs are rich and passionate. emotional but catchy...i dont understand the lyrics but you dont really have to. the music pulls you in and takes you in a "pied piper" fashon....i think i can officially call myself a die hard fan
 Lacking emotional connectivity. August 31, 2008
K. O'connor
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
What happened to my dearest Sigur Ros? Why so mellow?
I understand everything/one must evolve. But why in this direction? It simply lacks the intensity found in their earlier works. It should `work', but it simply fails to click with me.
Track by track analysis:
Globbdigook- Downright pop. Or freak-folk, depending upon how you look at it. Catches you at first listen, but ultimately, like nearly everything on this album, lacks substance. The `lalalalala'ing? Are you kidding me? I know I shouldn't play the compare game, but people. Listen to Untitled One (Vaka), then this in succession. Serious drop in quality.
Inni mer syngur vitleysingur -A bad circus. Chaos. Sudden explosion of sound. Appears like it's trying to be catchy, but it isn't even that. I'm amused by the fact some of it sounds like it's in English though. `A thirsty anger' `kinky' `we flip and throttle' .
Goan daginn- My favorite of the album. It's a comforting song to me. Completely different direction than my older favorite SR tracks. However, it just works for this song. It's beautiful. Gives me hope for some other potential off this album. I feel some actual emotion here!
Vi spilum endalaust- I have nothing to say about this. Evokes no emotion from me.
Festival- Starts slow. I like to think I have patience for buildups, but I lost it here. 4:45, finally hearing signs of life again. I like it when the strings get a little more emphasis opposed to the blasted overused drums. Nice when the buildup reaches its full point. Yet I manage to forget this every time until it gets to that point.
Me su i eyrum- I don't have a proper version of this currently, and am not able to acquire one at the moment.
Ara batur- Initially reminds me of Samskeyti. I'm gooing to be honest here, no idea why I don't like this.
Illgresi- I've never listened to a SR song and consciously thought "I wish this was in English" until now. There's nothing to focus on. In situations like this I typically suck it up and listen to the meaning the artist is trying to express, but I get nothing but slight sadness. If it felt impassionate to me I believe I would feel differently about this song.
Fljotavik- The beginning was encouraging. I'm not sure what makes this song different from Ilgresi for me, but this one feels more emotional. A feel a little Vaka off ( ) here. A stronger track off the album. The ending is quite beautiful and touching.
Straumnes- The transition from Fljotavik to this does seem very cohesive. Very relaxing song. Depending on who you are Iguess this could be a positive thing, but I prefer their intense side personally. Not a bad track though. Arguably a filler.
All Alright- I never thought they would ever create a song with English lyrics. I'm really a fan of the lyrics, simple but evocative all the same. The actual music lacks the intensity of say, Untitled Eight, but what can one do?
This doesn't even really seem like a two-star review. When everything else SR produces is just so damn euphoric, a slightly above average album [even that's pushing it in this situation] from them warrants two stars. I attempt to respect their right to change. It's just incredibly difficult for me to lose a band I've been so emotionally connected with for so long. ( ) is one of the top three albums I've ever heard. The passion on that album is untouchable. It's almost like they're afraid to go back into that territory, with each proceeding album more and more mellow. But what do I know.
The new music `should' work. For some reason it just does not connect with me. I can't make it through the entire thing without a `Cold', `Untitled Eight' ,'Avalon', `Svo Hljott', `Olsen Olsen', or `Ebow' listening.
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