Library Rock's Backpages

Sigur Ros: Valtari (Parlophone)

John Lewis, Metro, May 2012

WHEN LEAD singer Jónsi Birgisson apologised that Sigur Rós's recent albums had been "too joyous, too festive", he must have momentarily convinced himself that he was the frontman of Boney M rather than a bleakly beautiful Icelandic post-rock quartet.

Total word count of piece: 137

Subscribe

Becoming a member is easy. Membership gives you access to all the thousands of articles in the library.

Click here to go to Subscribe page.

Click here for academic and other group subscriptions.