I hate Sigur Ros!
- Thread starter Buick6
- Start date
Ness Rowlah
Norwegian Wood
In Moll said:
"avoiding new fads", well put.
Revive! New Album...
Anyone got the new album, "Takk..."? I'm kind of imagining not, given some of the vitriol here, but I really like it
It's very hard to explain why, but listening to Sigur Rós makes me feel like someone's just given me some really bad news, but it's a sunny day and I've got nothing to do, so I go outside to think about it, and while staring at the sky I think "oh, fuck it, maybe it's not so bad after all". It's a totally false feeling most of the time, but that bizarre euphoric rush sensation from the depths is worth it. I get the same from Orbital's "Belfast", "Hallogallo" on Neu!, or Raymond Scott's baby music - it's like a musical opiate.
Anyone got the new album, "Takk..."? I'm kind of imagining not, given some of the vitriol here, but I really like it
It's very hard to explain why, but listening to Sigur Rós makes me feel like someone's just given me some really bad news, but it's a sunny day and I've got nothing to do, so I go outside to think about it, and while staring at the sky I think "oh, fuck it, maybe it's not so bad after all". It's a totally false feeling most of the time, but that bizarre euphoric rush sensation from the depths is worth it. I get the same from Orbital's "Belfast", "Hallogallo" on Neu!, or Raymond Scott's baby music - it's like a musical opiate.
treblekicker
True Faith
ewmy said:Anyone got the new album, "Takk..."? I'm kind of imagining not, given some of the vitriol here, but I really like it
It's very hard to explain why, but listening to Sigur Rós makes me feel like someone's just given me some really bad news, but it's a sunny day and I've got nothing to do, so I go outside to think about it, and while staring at the sky I think "oh, fuck it, maybe it's not so bad after all". It's a totally false feeling most of the time, but that bizarre euphoric rush sensation from the depths is worth it. I get the same from Orbital's "Belfast", "Hallogallo" on Neu!, or Raymond Scott's baby music - it's like a musical opiate.
Yeah, I've always disliked the band but the new album is great. He's finally toned down the histronics that ruined the previous albums. I guess the only thing I would say that it's probably the last iteration of the whole post-shoegaze thing. I can't see anywhere for it to go - the beatific nature of the new album feels like a final refinement of that tendency of the genre. Someone please prove me wrong though! Great post BTW In Moll
As for the whole age thing, one of the pleasures for me of getting older is seeing how one thing leads to another. I like knowing how Sigur Ros are influenced by Eno, Mogwai, MBV etc. It adds to the pleasure, it doesn't detract, because regardless of influences, like it or not every generation puts its own spin and always does something that adds to the story.
treblekicker said:Yeah, I've always disliked the band but the new album is great. He's finally toned down the histronics that ruined the previous albums. I guess the only thing I would say that it's probably the last iteration of the whole post-shoegaze thing. I can't see anywhere for it to go - the beatific nature of the new album feels like a final refinement of that tendency of the genre. Someone please prove me wrong though! Great post BTW In Moll
As for the whole age thing, one of the pleasures for me of getting older is seeing how one thing leads to another. I like knowing how Sigur Ros are influenced by Eno, Mogwai, MBV etc. It adds to the pleasure, it doesn't detract, because regardless of influences, like it or not every generation puts its own spin and always does something that adds to the story.
you're a nitwit. They're trying even harder to sound like ColdPlay as opposed to Eno, MBV and I don't know anything of Mogwai, just shows how pseudo-intellectual Sigur fans really are. C.R.A.P.
treblekicker
True Faith
Buick6 said:
So I'm a nitwit and you can't place them in context? Coldplay has little to do with them - they predate Coldplay and haven't really changed their style, just worked on their quality control. See for me Coldplay are Radiohead-lite and nothing to do with Sigur Ros. Whereas, Flying Saucer Attack, My Bloody Valentine, Mogwai, Jessica Balliff, Clear Horizon etc, all had these long periods of droney, beatific music which Sigur Ros take and amplify. This isn't to say they are superior - MBV are wayyyy superior but they have perfected one aspect of this style of music. Maybe you just don't like them. Stranger things have happened you know, Mr Intellectual.
When do we invoke Godwin's law?
Heard a song off this new album on the radio this morning (having not read these last few posts) and immediately thought of Coldplay. The vocalist sounds different, obviously, but in terms of a musical ball park for what they sound like - with the prominence of the piano, the weepy strings, brushed drums, etc. - I reckon Coldplay is a better point of reference than most of that 90s Shoegaze stuff. If you want to talk about Eno, the closest point I can think of is U2's 'Unforgettable Fire' or the quiet stuff on James's 'Laid'.