2003年6月24日 星期二

Got the latest album from Sigur Ros when I was in the city during last weekend. It was actually a gift for my friend in M'sia, as she requested something *special* after acknowledging nothing specific she really deserved from Aus. I mean pop music albums.
Ok, I got her this, and I didn't even know who the hell is Sigur Ros initially, frankly.
I was just attracted by the cover of album, pretty outstanding design - tranparency and monochrome.
And I found something interesting.
There are no lyrics, songs titles and even album title provided by this album.
Wow.
And i was irrefutably impressed when i started to play the album. I was overwhelmed. I know they are classified as alternative band, but still surprised by their wild imagination bout producing music. Due to my poor english, haha, i quoted some reviews from the website corresponding to the Icelandic band's latest album, which was given name "()" due to anonymous......
"......With singer Jon Birgisson bowing his guitar to replicate the ethereal tones of reverent dolphins, Sigur Ros revels in cathedral like intensity. At once like a giant Godzilla falling in slow motion or gentle deer peering at you through the forest, () is beautiful, if strange. Some songs drift like hot air balloons with single note keys and galvanic drums, others nearly rock out with smashing guitars......" (Micallef, 2002)
"......The relentlessly funereal tempos, the elegant arrangements, and the high-pitched warbling/cooing remain in abundance......The sudden stratospheric crescendos resorted to previously are smoothed out, riding subtle gradients that allow for somber, elongated passages of drones and minimal instrumental interplay......None of these eight songs deserve to be left on the cutting-room floor." (Kellman, 2002)
那是屬于很懸空的感覺﹐仿彿經歷著萬物一起昇華的讓人驚愕。Sigur Ros的音樂完全讓我像被攪入溶化的焦糖﹐我眼睜睜的目擊被扭曲的在浮動﹐溫暖而順暢的衝擊著我的耳膜。一切都變得緩慢。緩慢。
我想。(Zyan, 2003)
I watched one of their MTV of their previous work, Vidrar Vel Til Loftarasa, pretty eerie, but amusing.
Zyan @ 00:46  0 comments

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