Kveikur is the bands first release on xl recordings worldwide. The video, which aired on youtube, included teasers from sherlock, ripper. Provided to youtube by krunk kveikur sigur ros kveikur. The band will perform songs from the new album kveikur alongside tracks from their back catalogue and the show will be video streamed live around the world at 9pm uk time. Limited double vinyl lp pressing including bonus 10 vinyl and digital download.
Kveikur itself has a really profound effect on me as i first listened to that song just as a storm came in and the musical narrative it provided me for. Brennisteinn is a song written and recorded by icelandic postrock band sigur ros for their seventh studio album kveikur. There were several times during the hiatus that they started working on a new album, and after a few starts and stops, recording new material and throwing it away because they were not satisfied, they finally came out with this album which focused on a more ambient sound than before. Sigur rs announce new album kveikur share new video for brennisteinn extend tour. The band use some pretty standard instruments, yet create a remarkable sound. The tour takes the eleven piece live band across the globe with a brand new show and new material. From the sigur ros album kveikur, released worldwide june 1718, 20 on xl recordings. After an indefinite hiatus, sigur ros finally returned with their 6th full length album valtari roller. Kveikur was dark, and these are a little bit more happy, i think.
Where the group often starts its songs with a gradual buildup of cloudlike ambience, brennisteinn is a mangled, geargrinding crawl of industrial abrasion, only topped with birgissons disembodied, confectionary chirp. Post jobs, find pros, and collaborate commissionfree in our professional marketplace. It is the first album to be fully released through xl after the band departed emi and parlophone during the labels acquisition by universal. Brimstone, the albums neareightminute opening track. It was released 12 june 20 in japan, on 17 june internationally, and on 18 june in the united states through xl recordings. Theyre now signed to xl recordings worldwide, who will release kveikur on june 17 internationally and june 18 in the u. Kveikur marks a slight change for the band where the sound is a little heavier, and the songs have more identity.
Kveikurs vigour erupts from its start, with the hellishly ominous slams that introduce brennisteinn tr. They have been nominated for and received various awards throughout the years. From the opening moments of brennisteinn, the albums opening track that thrums to life through a layer of crackling. Its their first release with xl recordings and comes close on the heels of last years top. As mentioned in january, the band says their new material is more aggressive. Hands down one of their strongest performances in a long while.
By using our website and our services, you agree to our use of cookies as described in our cookie policy. More significantly, these dense industrial shock waves essentially signal the return of the sigur ros we know and love. They should stock this as an impulse buy at record store checkout counters to catch the customers picking up radioheads new album. You might not sit well with it at first, but sigur ros turn a dark page on kveikur and plant evil seeds along the peaceful gardens of our minds. Kveikur is a song written and recorded by icelandic postrock band sigur ros for their seventh. You can see it in kveikurs cover art, in its foreboding monochrome binary, its hooded figures recalling abu ghraib, the ira and the ku klux klan, centred and unanchored and unsettlingly. It seems sigur ros rented out living space in hell and returned to invite us to come over. Brennisteinn comes from sigur ros forthcoming seventh studio lp, kveikur, which is due in the u. Their albums were pressed in strictly limited numbers and it seems that copies are changing hands for princely sums. In order to maintain the purity of the art and vision, sig ros recently released a limited edition deluxe set called in a frozen sea. Early demo versions, previously unheard songs and live at the.