Sigur Ros - Gobbledigook

So I blogged yesterday, but I came across this track and holy smokes, it blew me away. Sigur Ros is a band from Iceland, which will explain why you can't understand the lyrics. Even so, I sat dumbfounded not caring that there was a total lack of language comprehension.

From :09 into the track your ears are overwhelmed in a good way with the constant state of drumming and percussion sounds. There are subtle intricacies, like their slight changes in the rhythm of how they hand clap. The strength of the acoustic guitar has the spotlight within this track, showing that an electric guitar isn't necessarily needed for power. The way Jonsi Birgisson's voice melts with the 9 chords played in row (the beginning of the song) is downright awesome.

According to Wikipedia, their band name comes from the sister of Jonsi Birgisson, and when translated means Victory Rose. The day his sister was born was the day they formed the band, if that is not a good omen, I'm not sure what is.

So after looking a lyrics site, the site has a loose translation of parts of the song. I can't be sure if this is corrent since my Icelandish is pretty rusty, but I felt it was very appropriate.

you are being blown long into the air
you, umbrella, turning upside down

pretty poetic. I definitely can see that image while listening to this song. This is my first introduction to Icelandish Post-Rock, and I might have to listen more to bands from the country. Even though in Mighty Ducks II, Iceland was the enemy, and turned my heart cold. (haha get it, Iceland is cold, Mighty Ducks were on ice...) But now Iceland has a new image and a enlightening heartbeat heard as the drum beat in this song.

Let me know what you think of this track.