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Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust | 
 enlarge | Artist: Sigur Ros
Label: XL Recordings
Category: Music
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Avg. Customer Rating:  66 reviews
Sales Rank: 413
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 40364
UPC: 634904036423
EAN: 0634904036423
Release Date: June 24, 2008
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| Tracks:
| • | Gobbledigook | | • | Inn mr syngur vitleysingur | | • | Gdan daginn | | • | Vid spilum endalaust | | • | Festival | | • | Med sud eyrum | | • | ra btur | | • | llgresi | | • | Fljtavk | | • | Straumnes | | • | All Alright |
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Product Description
Inspired by the unfettered feeling of the acoustic performances filmed during Heima, Sigur Rs
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. llgresi ) 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 Rs
commitment to challenging sonic limitations.
Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust is truly a groundbreaking album for Sigur Rs. 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 Rs 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 Rs find themselves singing a song solely in English for the
first time. The seventh track, ra Btur , 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 Rs 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 Rs 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 Rs 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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 5 stars for a band who's yet to see less than 5 stars June 25, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
how can an album with an opening title as gobbledigook be more than a 2 star album? and no the answer isn't just "it's Sigur Ros"
because this isn't sigur ros as we've always known them... this is broken shell that's been unbreakable for far too long
so, jonsi is gay? does this really come as a surprise... in my opinion it's something that should have come out earlier, because it seems like a rather large burden has been lifted to create something that is essential to the ears of anyone that can hear at all
from the opening pop-esque track that is played with an acoustic guitar with only 2 strings (yes, two strings and not with cello bow)
to it's counter-part... what i find to be the highlight of the first half of the album "Inn mr syngur vitleysingur" an amazingly composed upbeat track that will put you in your place in happiness and tears
and there is plenty for fans of the old just as much as fans of the new... the epic "festival" with a finale that will make any owner of takk... or ( ) feel at home...
soon after you're completely overwhelmed by a song that was recorded in only one take "ara batur" possibly one of sigur ros's greatest songs to date
the latter half of the album seems to fill familiar territory, yet there is very much a noticeable difference in arrangements...
then the album finishes with their first studio track to be recorded with english lyrics "all alright" which title and lyrics could not better justify everything there is to this band of the century
Amazing!!! June 26, 2008
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
I normally do not take the time to write reviews on amazon but this cd blew my mind. It's absolutely flawless from beginning to end, and as a previous poster implied, I might just listen to this album before going to bed every night for the rest of my life. I've been listening to Sigur Ros for about 10 years, but this album is a huge step forward in my opinion. Every song is cloaked in the ambience that drew people to this band in the first place.
Buy this album now!!
It's Good to be Heima June 27, 2008
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
In the Heima video (spelled Heim by iTunes but not by Sigur Rs--for whatever reason?) Sigur Rs spoke of a pervasive yearning and desire to return home--'home' being spoken of in a far deeper sense than simply returning to Iceland. Sure, they were coming off a busy touring schedule and obviously missed the beautifully bleak, dreamscape countryside, along with its lovely people--all which played vital roles in shaping the band's musical identity. I certainly have no difficulty in understanding this sentiment. The music and video footage alone were enough to inspire me to begin planning an eventual trip to that oft forgotten land of mystery and romance. Sigur Rs are obviously quite tied to this place they know so well & who can blame them? Imagine what might have come of their music had they originated from elsewhere? Likely nothing. Therefore, I venture to say that Iceland itself is far more of an influence on their musical identity than anything happening in the chart-obsessed world of pop music. And thank God for that! On the present album, 'Med sud I eyrum vid spilum endalaust,' I hear a refreshing reassessment and even a kind of reestablishment of the band's intrinsic identity with their cultural and musical heritage--something they began to express on the 'Hvarf-Heim' project. I would say the present album is the culmination of that return 'home.' The result is, quite naturally, a sound that's somewhat alien to what we're used to, but it's a sound that remains clearly rooted in the artistic identity of Sigur Rs. The primary changes, I would argue, are merely found in the album's sonic texture--most likely the result of the band having fresh production perspective. Certainly, no 'selling out' occurred. If anything, we're seeing the diametric opposite. But still, some will likely complain about the warmer, more acoustic-focused--dare I say?--'rootsier' sound. However, we must remember that people will nearly always complain when faced with change. Even when that change can so often be a very good thing. Change is a sign of life and of health. Stagnation is a sign of death and dying. When dealing with art that is authentic, pure inner-expression, at some point change becomes a 'necessary evil.' It is an inherent law of art's nature when there is spiritual evolution occurring within the artist. And I don't use the term evil in any traditional sense but more as a description of how the audience can sometimes feel when they're expecting one thing and suddenly experience another. Revulsion can be a natural, if unnecessary, reaction. But give it time. Because these are often the very works that turn out to be the purest and most bountiful step along the creative path. Personally, I think the change of sound is far less than overwhelming. In fact I welcome it with open arms and a fistful of stars. Five honestly doesn't seem quite enough.
A superb album June 25, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
While is is no Takk or (), the new Sigur Ros album is an incredible music experience. The songs are mostly shorter, but that isn't an entirely bad thing. The quality of the songs are top notch. Sigur Ros has some new sounds with this album and I like them. The epic feel of the band is still present in such tracks as Festival and Ara Batur. I still get shivers when Ara Batur reach's its musical climax.
With a buzz in our ears, we'll LISTEN endlessly... June 26, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The new album is quite simply another masterpiece of modern musical work from one of the world's most innovative and unique music group - Sigur Ros.
The first track, Gobbledigook, is absolutely amazing. To those who have dismissed it as a "pop song" - if it is, in fact, a "pop song", it's the most ADVANCED pop song I've ever heard, musically. What pop song can shift between time signatures and meters so easily and fluently, and drives your body to move along, that you're left with a dizzying sense of, "What... just... HAPPENED?" (one can also hear influence of composer Steve Reich in this song, so if you like it, check him out).
Don't put any prenotions of music history ahead of you when you listen to Sigur Ros. They working by their own rules, not the mainstream music scene's. This song was not written for "pop song" standards. It was written for THEIR standards alone, and it is a brilliant introduction to the new work as a whole.
They have not sold out - how can they sell out when they are as separated from the mainstream (US) music scene as they can possibly be?
The whole album floats through emotional territory with as much vigor and paitience as their past albums, but it's like staring at a beautiful landscape and simply... turning around and seeing the beautiful landscape that you could have missed if you had spent all day looking in one direction. This is a new direction. A new landscape. The sandbox that the members of Sigur Ros have been playing and creating in has just become bigger...
This album is also significant because it contains the first song ENTIRELY in ENGLISH (the only use before this was a name in "Heysatan" from "Takk"), and for us English-speaking fans, we should feel honored that Jonsi and the others decided to do this.
For those who like their earlier works, the minimalistic nature of the songs may come as a shock (but yet their work has ALWAYS been minimal in nature...), but it is enjoyable as MUSIC.
So listen to it as such. Not just as Sigur Ros, but as beautiful music. Which, obviously, it is.
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