Thanks to my friend Adam, I was introduced to a rather good Icelandic band by the name of Sigur Rós. It’s more than just Björk up there you see. Instrumental, atmospheric, interesting, and very different.
I’m sure most people in the UK will recognise the track Hoppípolla, from their latest album “Takk”, as some of the music used in the excellent BBC documentary Planet Earth, and - if you’re like me you’ll enjoy recognising the bands efforts by legitimately buying the music you discover and enjoy listening to.
But do, if your bandwidth will allow it (8Mb, baby!) check out the video: I’d be very surprised if you’re not moved in some way. A rare treat.
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July 10th, 2006 at 10:44 pm
[...] But most recently the BBC’s music selector seems to have fallen quite sizeably for Sigur Rós, in that they’ve made huge use of various tracks from their album Takk for The Planets, the Wimbledon build up, and - spotted this morning - a new nature program. Funny. Well worth checking the band out though. Excellent stuff. [...]