Lead singer from Icelandic avant-garde, classical, post-rock, future-pop band Sigur Ros is stepping out on his own with a debut solo album released on March 22nd. It's all very exciting indeed and here as a sneak peak is a free download from it thanks to his website
my first impression is very good so far and I cannot wait for the album if it's going to be as beautiful as this. He's retained some of that epic grandeur of Sigur Ros but it seems somehow downscaled (in a good way) and thusly a bit more human, as opposed to sounding like a mountain or a whale or a galaxy. Maybe this is just cos he is singing in English finally and I can actually understand what he is saying for once. There are less abstract atmospherics and more to-the-point pop flourishes. Roll on March!
It seems 2010 is already shaping up to be a great year for music with this, Crookers and Roisin Murphy's new LPs only a tantalising matter of weeks away. Also stick around cos I am very close to uploading Day-Glow-Radio's Best of 2009 compilation for you all to enjoy, it's just a bit tricky with no internet at home...
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