Reviews (page 12 of 14)
Good background music. I enjoyed it.
pretty chill
Durante años había evitado escuchar a Sigur Ros. Me parecía un producto pretencioso que encandilaba a los hipsters de finales de siglo por lo exterior y lo por lo intrínseco. Después de escuchar el disco me doy cuenta de dos cosas: tenía razón y el disco está bastante bien.
What a disturbing album cover. Production is very good but it's hard to listen to mostly ambient orchestral type music for over an hour. Also I don't really like how Icelandic sounds vocally compared to other languages that I'm more used to. It’s alright but I probably won’t revisit this album often.
Not bad. Reminds Magnet
Some nice tunes. It's mostly instrumental, so nice for listening when trying to concentrate and avoid distraction because of lyrics
Serene, calm
Experimental, interesting, but I couldn't get into it. It being a foreign language did not help me.
Muy insistente de repente. me gusta pero me asusta
Pas fan, mais bonne musique de fond posée.
Un poco plano pero buen disco en general.
liked 4 of the 10 songs, nice vibe tho
best part is the album cover. I problem is that there are too many songs for too long. coulda done with half the amount. a good though. 3.5?
Sight Ros is another one of these things I feel like I'm supposed to really like but just find OK. I certainly didn't have this but it didn't really go to a deep place with me that it seems to with many people.
Relaxing, chill
Fun! A little like Zero 7.
Good but, make me feel sleepy
What I like with Sigur Rós is that the voice sounds like an extra instrument as I have no idea what he's saying. This is also a problem as I can't connect with the lyrics.
Just a bit odd, didn't mind it being foreign language though.
I felt as if I was transported back to ancient times.
I don’t mind Sigur Ros. I haven’t heard this album, but Takk and ( ) were in my rotation in the late 2000s. That being said…I don’t mind them in smaller doses, and this album drags. I think it’s a great one to be on the list, it’s always cool when people get exposed to them. It wasn’t a highlight for me though.
ive heard this alien baby before
im scared
Not bad for background noise, but not positive I'll be returning.
EH
Achei cansativo e que todas as faixam tinham um o mesmo ritmo, algo bem repetitivo. Talvez eu que seja a chata??
Skoro sam zaspala od dosade. 2/5, 3/10
Kurac
This is not what I thought Sigur Ros sounded like at all. I thought they were more of a loud rock band type of sound, not Radiohead mixed with Muse mixed with Bjork if she were a man mixed with Beach House...I'm probably not even describing them correctly. I wish I knew what he was saying but the first song translates to Sleepwalking Angel and given the fact the song is very quiet and lasts for 10 minutes, it is an aptly named track. I will workout to my album of the day every once in a while, but I am very glad I did not do that today. This is very, very, very soft and should not be listened to when doing anything that requires movement. I could be convinced this one deserves a spot in the book but I don't know if I could listen to this on a regular basis. The first reason is I really don't know what he is singing about and lyrics are somewhat important to me. The second reason is if an album doesn't have great lyrics, if the music is still very good then I can enjoy an album. The music is good but it's just slooooooooooooooooooooooooow. It picks up at times, granted, but mostly it's just slow. Also, the songs are very long. I see rave reviews of Sigur Ros and I think it turns out this just isn't the music for me.
Soooooo sleepy. Pleasant in places but it’s fundamentally background music.
The next time I'm getting stoned in a planetarium, I'll fire this one up. Until then, I'll pass.
5/10
SR has some tracks I genuinely love, but taking in a whole album can be a lot. I recall using them a lot studying in my uni days. Impressed by: The ethereal magical sounds. I remember loving it in Vanilla Sky. Not so much: There’s only so much other worldliness I can handle.
Sorry island men det här var ett piller, av den sömniga sorten!
Kanske om jag låg i en varm isländsk källa
Who dis?
I appreciate this for what it was, but I didn't enjoy the listening part. 4/10
I could have died without listening to this.
Just a collection of Scandinavian screeching. Some quite nice vocals but it comes together quite weirdly
Tää oli hivenen liian ambienttiä ja erikoista mun makuuni.
Interesting but ultimately not my style.
*I really want to like Icelandic music because I pretty much love everything else about Icelandic culture...BUT....I just can't get into this. *It's beautiful at times, but I just can't see myself wanting to listen to this or music like it more than once.
L'ambient così è solo lento e noioso.
Very dreamy. If I'm in the mood for ethereal, I'd go for the Cocteau Twins instead of this. It's fine. It's just not doing it for me at the moment.
Intro - 2 Svefn-g-englar - 2 Staralfur - 2 Flugufrelsarinn - 3 Ny batteri - 2 Hjartao hamast (bamm bamm bamm) - 2 Viorar vel til loftarasa - 2 Olsen olsen - 2 Agaetis byrjun - 3 Avalon - 3
Songs too long Some nice orchestrations Can't judge the lyrics because they're Icelandic Ny Batterí is a highlight
I wasn’t in a great mood for this one, and with an album this slow that was never going to be a great context. If this album was any slower it would play backwards, with this a typically ornate ‘post-rock’ album of this period. I’m sure they all thought they were really clever with their ten minute songs and range of instruments, perhaps they headed off to a nice Icelandic hot springs or ice cave to congratulate themselves. But to me, this kind of music is just so pretentious and dull.
One of the more famous post-rock albums, featuring lots of strings and bowed guitar to create a dreamy, ambient sound. I could see this working well as background/reading music, but it made very little impact on me, and I can remember almost nothing about it less than a day after listening. To be fair, sections of some tracks were quite beautiful, but the whole thing was so slow I didn’t find it was really worth the patience to get to them. Hard to rate; it is a bit harsh but I can’t see myself listening again, hence 2 stars.
Slow and dreamy. The "childish" vocals at times were a bit off-putting.
3/10
Like a soft, ambient rock. Normally I like stuff like this, but it was just a bit too drawn out for me.
Not for me
Feels very grand, a vibe, not my vibe tho
i don't hate the vocals but i like the instrumentals so much that i wish the vocals weren't there 3 songs left and i'm pretty ready for this to be over maybe if i was on a roadtrip and not stuck in the office this would be higher
Icelandic music must be an acquired taste, if you can call what I just listened to music. What is up with the dead baby fetus cover? A few of the tunes have interesting melody bass lines, which keeps it from being a 1 star, but barely.
I am sure that if I were a slightly different person, I would enjoy it because it has all the elements that I typically enjoy. But the way the band put it together simply grates me.
First of all, I love Icelandic music, literature, and the Icelandic language, so I was genuinely excited when this album appeared in my recommendations one morning. I went into it expecting to love it. The opening immediately caught my attention with its eerie, atmospheric soundscapes and unique sense of space. It felt mysterious and promising, and I was intrigued by where it was going. Unfortunately, that feeling didn't last. While the first part of the album drew me in, the second half gradually lost my interest. The songs began to blur together, and what initially felt immersive eventually became repetitive and emotionally static. I kept waiting for a moment that would re-engage me, but it never quite arrived. I can absolutely appreciate the craftsmanship, the haunting ambience, the beautiful use of Jónsi's falsetto, and the cinematic production. It's easy to understand why this album is so highly regarded and influential. However, despite respecting what it achieves artistically, it simply didn't connect with me on a personal level. I wanted to like it much more than I actually did.
ethereal, slow, calm, icelandic. like no mans sky
Takie 2. Niby fajne, ale nie na ten klimat.
Very difficult to enjoy this album very depressing soundscapes reminding me of barren desolate areas in the world which I'm sure Iceland has some of them.
Decent, atmospheric, weirdy background music, which never really goes anywhere. Kept expecting the Clangers or Moomins to start singing at any point!
Good background music for a science museum, but not for me.
This is just bizzarro
While I get why some might like this record, it requires more from me than what it could ever give. The album is not bad by any means and it definetely manages to give me a very dreamlike feeling, but personally, I wouldn't listen to this piece: to me it's like background noise (NOT in an inherently negative way!) The whole time I was listening to the album I just couldn't stop waiting for something to happen (something that never did). It was very challenging to try to listen to such long tracks with minimal progression while staying engaged. I can't think of a single other reason to why the songs have to be so long, with so little substance other than the album being meant to be used as sleep aid.
This one never really clicked for me, despite all the praise.
A bit too experimental for me. It's not bad, it's just a lot.
Kinda weird and very chill, very slow. It's like Tcho got slower and worse.
Very chill. Not really fitting the 80 degree summer Sunday morning walk vibe
These folks are really good at what they do but for my ears this sounds more like a sleepy time playlist.
Groundbreaking, another album of ambient noise
Ambieht guys (a lot of their music is blocked for me on yt music)
Como me costo este album, creo q el autor del libro tiene una definición de dreampop diferente a la mia 4/10
Shout out to Sigur Rós, every middle/high schoolers first introduction to music that's "deep" and "not shallow like mainstream pop or whatever". Classic. I think this is the first instance of me enjoying something when I was younger and not liking it as much as an adult. Still easy listening though. 2.75 rounded down to 2. Favorite track: Hjartað Hamast (Bamm Bamm Bamm)
Some of the sounds are quite cool. But it's not an album I would ever just put on. But I can appreciate some of what they were trying to do.
I amvery happy I listened to this. There were some great textures and interesting tones. With that said I would never be in the mood to listen to this album. It never really takes off and makes me feel a little uneasy. This album was just ok.
Background music with an edge? Soundtrack to a story I have not heard?
Funky as expected when you see an outlined baby and a blue background. Kind of rncapsulated what the womb might have been idk I don’t remember but nothing all the memorable anyway. The feeling of doing weeding in the yard while zoned out in 88 degree weather. Drink: have to go with an orange Gatorade. Touches elements of what you want but way better alternatives.
Christ. That was long.
didnt do it for me, too strange, i mean its something different, I get it, I get how this album got into the 1001, a few songs felt like the song at the end of a good movie, but hearing a whole album like that or worse wasnt for me,
interesting but needed more energy that day 5/10 Will I add this album to my library: no
Starálfur
Cool for 5 minutes. Not for 1 hour
Maybe in another dimension
Dreamy and atmospheric but not my thing. Music to fall asleep to
Perché et planant, pas ma came
Quite droney at times. I can imagine these songs backing a dramatic scene in a movie, but it's not the sort of music I generally like on its own
Since I don't understand Icelandic, I have to treat the vocals as an instrument in my brain. It is haunting until the repetitive nature of the lyrics goes over my repetition threshold and than I start to chimp and have to next it. I've run into a couple of the songs in the wild, but this isn't my thing.
Would've liked it even more without any words at all
Cold and somewhat pretentious, still, this is what I wished Radiohead sounded like
Has not aged well
its good technically, but to me it was lowkey boring...
Not very exciting nor interesting. Ok to listen to once, but that’s about it. 2/5
Not for me, but can appreciate a lot of the music, like the instruments on tracks 4,5,7.
Icelandic fairy music. However I am neither Icelandic nor a fairy
Die isländische Band Sigur Rós aus Reykjavík nahm ihr zweites Album zwischen Sommer 1998 und Frühjahr 1999 gemeinsam mit Produzent Ken Thomas im bandeigenen Studio Sundlaugin im Mosfellsbær, einer kleinen Gemeinde nahe Reykjavík, auf. Erschienen auf dem Reykjavíker Independent-Label Smekkleysa, verankert Ágætis Byrjun – auf Deutsch etwa „Ein recht guter Start" – die Band im internationalen Post-Rock-Diskurs, ohne sich je wirklich darin einrichten zu wollen. Die Platte markiert einen radikalen Neuanfang gegenüber dem Debüt Von: Wo zuvor diffuse Ambientsketches dominierten, tritt nun ein durchkomponiertes Orchesterpanoptikum in den Vordergrund, getragen von Frontmann Jónsi Birgissons mit dem Cellobogen gespielter Gitarre und einem doppelten Streichoktett. Die bekanntesten Stücke des Albums – das hypnotisch kreisende „Svefn-g-englar", das breit angelegte „Ny Batteri" und das titelgebende Abschlussstück „Ágætis Byrjun" – demonstrieren eine emotionale Dynamik, die zwischen zerbrechlicher Stille und orchestralem Ausbruch pendelt. Jónsi singt teils auf Isländisch, teils in der von ihm erfundenen Kunstsprache Vonlenska, die jeden Bedeutungshorizont offenhält und das Hörerlebnis in eine seltsam universelle Melancholie taucht. „Olsen Olsen" und „Ára bátur" runden eine außergewöhnlich kohärente Tracklist ab, die keine Lücke, keinen Leerlauf kennt. Ágætis Byrjun erschien in Island zunächst fast unbemerkt, bevor es über FatCat Records in Großbritannien (2000) und später in Nordamerika internationale Aufmerksamkeit erlangte und auf zahlreichen Jahrzehnt-Bestenlisten landete. Das Album steht für jene seltene Übereinstimmung von Ort, Zeit und Klang: Die isländische Landschaft scheint in jeder Frequenz zu resonieren, ohne je zur Kulisse zu werden. Ágætis Byrjun ist eines der wenigen Alben, das tatsächlich so klingt, wie sich Stille anfühlen würde, wenn sie Form annähme.
Not for me
As always, I applaud the effort to include a variety of musical styles on the list of 1001 albums. This album, though, is a long, slow slog. Maybe it would be tremendously uplifting or something if I spoke Icelandic?
I mean, ok
Wat de knakkerbrood is dit.
meh
muy flashero para mí ahre, la verdad es que no me gusta mucho pero no esta nada mal
5 on mushrooms, 2 or 3 sober
I qyiite like a lot of Sigur Ros’s music. It’s ethereal relaxing quality felt like the perfect accompaniment to the drive round the m25 and back north. It certainly started that way, however as the album went on it just got a bit boring and slightly irritating
The dreaded "open an album, see the length, feel your heart drop" issue. The problem with making an album that's 1 hour, 11 minutes, is that you REALLY have to enjoy the artist to not get fed up of it. They don't half drone on, eh? It's pretty, but also repetitive. And in parts beautiful, but also soooooo long. I feel like I should like it, but 1 have no intention of ever listening to it again. Just not for me... 2/5
Found this band boring when my friends were crazy about them. Hoped to liked it better now because maturity but it didn't happen.
scandinavian garbage jk its just lame and boring
for me its boring and the songs sound too similar
586/1001 2026.04.06 😴😴🌑🌑🌑
119. dune music
Radiohead if Thom was trying to squeeze into Barry Gibb's pants.
j’étais vraiment, mais vraiment pas dans le mood pour ça aujourd’hui à réécouter 🖤— Flugufrelsarinn, Hjartað Hamast
They're taking themselves way too seriously.
Very boring album, not my style at all. There are times throughout listening I thought the album showed promise, but those were far and few between. A standout for me was Flugufrelsarinn, and the bass intro of Olsen Olsen. Ný batterí wasn't too bad a song either. Overall, the second half was better, but I still didn't enjoy this one, but I can see why people do like it.
Seems like everything needs to be just right for a song to land. Didn’t get the balance right for me.
It was interesting to listen to it, not for me 2/5
I listened to this in it's entirety and I struggled to stay awake and hold off on throwing my phone against the wall. This is wispy, whiney, wacko, woebegone, whimpering BS. Please, no more.
Huge disappointment. Im a big fan of "Every Morning" and "Fly" off of their record 14:59, but this couldn't be a huger departure from--wait, I'm just getting a message, one moment...uh huh...uh huh...ohhhhh. OK that makes sense. Still...not really my thing, though the fact that I listened to this on the first beautiful day of spring instead of the bleakest part of winter might have to do with my rating.
This was one I was just ready to get through. It felt longer than it actually is because every song is so slow and dreamy, and after a while it all started blending together for me. I get why people love the atmosphere, but it never grabbed me.
it’s very pretty, just not for me!
2.5
ehhhhh
A slog to get through, pretty boring.
A bit much, way too long and just not what I needed to start my weekend off right if I'm honest
Ummmm. Been digesting this one for 24 hours before reviewing. I liked it but I think I need to be in a specific mood for it to work for me. I did like a few songs especially Olsen olsen. Would be interested in listening to more
No clue what to think of this album. It wasn't unpleasant, but I don't think I really enjoyed it.
This album brings me back to a time where middling adolescents tried way too hard to be deep. To an extent, I enjoy the ethereal feel of this, but it really kind of just falls short due to the aforementioned statement. I will watch a life aquatic again though because of this.
If I didn’t put headphones in, I think this album would’ve gotten a one but lucky enough at song six I put headphones in and it got significantly better, but I don’t think I will ever return to this album, but I did save a few songs. I probably won’t listen to this album ever again entirety who knows maybe if I would’ve listened to this album with headphones all the way through. It would get a five but as of right now this album gets 2/5
I get the vision and the structure of the album, but I will never listen to it again.
I can see how it’s on the list and how people like it but I don’t have the patience for the 8 minute bs song
Not my cup of tea- may be good when high- marijuana or shroomies No words, ethereal, spacey vibes
Not for me
Just plain boring. Ambient in the wrong way.
Really atmospheric and kind of cool music. Entirely new to me and the experience was fun. Its not something I think I will come back to though. I can't see a time and place where this is the album I would choose to listen to. Perhaps in the future I will be in a time and place where that changes and if so I hope i remember this album exists.
Chillout music, its fine to listen maybe 1-2 songs from this album, but fuck over hour is too much. Not my type of music.
I generally like music like this and there were some good songs on the album, but it left a lot to be desired and I think there are bands that do this music better. Might revisit in the future or check out another of their albums because there is some interesting stuff here.
I listened to this album 3 times and let me tell you, I really didn’t like it. I almost fell asleep twice and was wondering when it would end. I understand that it was big in its era but this isn’t for me.
This sounds like is from Iceland. Pretty, Ethereal, and yet I have no clue what it is or what is going on
Bland.
Not for me.
Hmm where to start here. I guess this is technically what is called "Global" music? Super ethereal and vibey. Goes in a biiiiiit too long though. That's about all I can really muster up
My only previous experience of Icelandic music is Bjork. So I was kind of expecting something a bit unusual. Some tracks lived up to that expectation! Lyrics in Icelandic language doesn't help with understanding, and too many 'lyrics' just seemed to be dreamy floating sounds. Where the lyrics were sung that helped. The music was fairly dreamy too. Probably would have been OK as music to fall asleep to. Don't think I'll be seeking Sigur Rós out again though.
This album requires your full attention while simultaneously doing nothing to hold it. I definitely caught a few "hey that's kinda cool" moments throughout... and I'm sure I zoned out through a bunch more. Really tough to listen to and I honestly think it's not worth it.
Couldn't finish it.
Not my thing.
Not the most accessible album. Could I get into this with multiple listens? Maybe
I know how loved this group is by the millennials, and I have tried several times to appreciate them. And while there are some instrumental passages that are truly gorgeous, the vocals ruin it for me every time. Kudos for their made up song language, I guess, but I will leave Sigur Ros to the youngers.
sounds euphoric, i like the vocals although i cannot understand what they are saying; the instrumentals are loud but clear, not in an overbearing way
Atmospheric and moody, but veeeeeery slow.
Denne var nok ikke dårlig, men den var ikke for meg
It is surely something out of my comfort zone! I am not saying that it's a bad album, but it is an unusual and weird experience since it demands a little effort to keep listening (because of the unknown lyrics and the long songs).
Nierda!!! No quiero ser islandes
10,000 selling copies give you platina...that is weird.
Would be good movie music, it’s cinematic and evokes a feeling, but I didn’t enjoy it as an album listening experience.
I never really got the band when Hoppípolla went big and listening to their earlier stuff didn't do much for me either.
This could make a good soundtrack to a particularly dreary and miserable video game / movie, but why anyone would listen to it outside of those I don’t know
not in english, and kind of odd
⭐️⭐️ Better if high
I've avoided Sigur Ros for decades and now I'm mildly surprised at this very orchestral record. I understand it's revolutionary, and I agree it's alright but ultimately not my thing.
Made it through 3 songs then got sleepy.
I don't get it. It's music to fall asleep to.
Bem, eu não consegui me conectar muito às músicas. É um tipo de música atmosférica com BPM baixo que usa muitos teclados e pads (timbres bonitos, diga-se). Duas ou três músicas me agradaram mais, mas somente isso. Talvez numa segunda audição tenha uma opinião diferente. A capa é muito boa.
This is pretty good music to fall asleep to! Ethereal and soft (for the majority, there's a couple songs with breakdowns). It sounds like it comes from a different planet. Generally speaking, this just isn't really my thing. It was overly long and frankly somewhat boring for the majority. I would put this at like a 2.5 if I could, but 2 feels appropriate.
I have no idea how to rate this one. Atmospheric music where i am waiting for something to happen in seventy minutes, but it doesnt. very much like a Radiohead album. Whale music for the Avant-Garde at an art show. I do think the cover is pretty cool.
My goodness, just so boring. The only thing saving it from being a 1 is that at least SOME of the songs started to build up and shift a little, and knowing there's worse out there.
A very "dream like" melonic listen. Like being in a trance.
I thought this album was very similar to the one the other day. But not as good.
you gotta have the patience of a saint to get through this. this was overall more boring than I would have anticipated. no bad per se but enjoyable? no, the intro was fire and the song after too but fuck i wanna listen to an album not a movie.
Just kind of meh for me.
I actually didn’t hate it quite as much as I thought I would. It’s slow and experimental and in Icelandic, but it works for like a chilly day background music. I certainly wouldn’t choose it, and honestly didn’t finish it, but it wasn’t the worst album on here
Not my cup of tea, would be good to listen to while working/studying. Some songs had weird audio level mixtures where the start of the song is insanely quiet and the end is extremely loud.
Probably would enjoy it more on repeated listens but no chance of that
pretty boring .... ok å ha i bakgrunnen på jobb
Scary
I feel like Im abstracting (tadc reference) 💀. The lyrics and premise are definitely out-there and unique for sure, but the actual music is sonically pleasant. Both dreamlike and nightmarish. I appreciate what they were trying to do but I don’t think I’ll be revisiting. I didn’t dislike it but I didn’t necessarily love it, I saved 4/10 songs so 2 stars ⭐️
Listening to this was an interesting experience. The instrumental is well done; the lyrics are okay. I don't think I'd find myself deliberately clicking on this album to relisten but if it came out I would not skip it.
Conceptually I like the idea of this album and would like to have rated it higher, but I think it just becomes a bit too airy chamber pop-y for my tastes Standouts Svefn-g-englar 2/5
Samey? Not much of an impression on me honestly. Can appreciate using a cello bow on guitars though.
Some good stuff in there but it's just too long :/
Again not for me but can why it’s popular
Very dreamy. Too dreamy.
Very chilled and relaxing but sometimes annoying
A few very nice chill songs but not many that I properly connect with, sound a bit like a Nordic stoned jamming session, good vibes but wouldn’t actively seek out
Didn't finish
The Icelandic cousins of the Cocteau Twins, happily making up their own dream pop language as they go.
Okay - not really my taste but can appreciate it musically. Lots of violin!!!
despite my love for post rock, i've never become a Sigur Rós fan. i really dig "Ny batterí" but apart from that it's just a tad bit too otherworldly for me...
very ambient - not very motivational.
Ihme vinkunaa
Not my kind of cake.. ⭐️⭐️
This is like Radiohead on Qualudes. Craftsmanship is there musically. I don't mind a bit of sombreness in music. Any of these tracks would be good in a playlist. But as an album it is just too much.
Look, I understand this album is a mood. And it's not a bad mood, but it's just not my mood.
It’s a no from me dog. 😔✌️
It's different, I'll give them that. I don't care for it, nice try though. 2
lofi music to study to
Got a bit samey too quickly. Not a fan, even though one or two tracks might sound ok if nestled in a mix tape.
Not for me
A little bit too........strange for me
wanted this to be over very quick into the listen
Not feeling this today
Unfortunately, this misses the mark for me. It made for solid background music though.
Just not my bag
As an instrumental, I would have liked this album much more. The vocals are grating to me. Since they're in a language I don't speak and that hits my ear in an assaulting way, I just can't get by it. Things picked up for me in the last 3rd of the album ⭐⭐.5
Not really my type of Music.
I don't think this is bad necessarily. There's a road less traveled where I'm a huge fan of this, it hit at the right formative moment, and I got super into it instead of A Perfect Circle or the Crüxshadows or another similar band that took a different left turn on this album's path. It's a three but I really, really hated every second of the 10:06 in Svefn-g-englar.
Post-rock is the most spectacularly boring genre of all time Does a nice job of sending me to sleep
Fine
I can see why some people like this kind of music, but its not for me. Sounds like background music to a marvel movie's action scene.
I can't say I liked it, I can't say I understand why this style of music exists, but I can't help but think if they were doing something closer to what I like, they're all talented enough that I would like them, so I can't hit them too hard - talented, just not my cup of tea I guess.
Sigur Ros is one of those bands I'd always heard of but never listened to. I can't even recall if I've heard a single Sigur Ros song, let alone an entire album. I didn't even know it was a band; I always thought it was the name of a solo artist. And for whatever reason, I have negative connotations with Sigur Ros because I groaned a little when I saw the album and said to myself, "I'll probably hate this." Turns out my fears weren't unfounded. There was like one song I didn't find impossibly boring. I get that it's moody and atmospheric and the fact that I can't understand the lyrics doesn't help but my God what a slog this one was.
I started listening to this feeling quite cheerful, 10 mins in I was gloomy, two tracks later I was clinically depressed. Luckily I found the off switch before self harm became an issue but it was close. All in all not for me.
This doesn’t resonate with me. I like some ambient and dream pop, but this just felt too ethereal.
Decent background music but couldn't get into it
first impressions, i like the cover A LOT. learned that they are icelandic, so i am immediately thinking they will give me weird bjork vibes...hopefully. - sounding like come down music - sad girl vibes - if i hadn't read that this was a man, would've thought it was a woman singing - not enjoying the rock bits - enjoying ny batteri more - i like viorar, v peaceful, not so ambient that it feels like the song is going nowhere -- yeah this song easily the best so far, the crescendo towards the end is killer. I wouldn't listen to this again intentionally. If it's on that's fine, but I doubt I'll seek it out
I'm fairly skeptical of any musical genre that starts with the word "post" but I haven't experience much postrock. Anyway, they say you can't really judge a book by its cover, but you can definitely judge this album by its cover. It sounds exactly like the music an alien baby with angel wings and webbed hands still attached to the umbilical cord would jam to. Or float to, I guess. It's not unpleasant, it just lacks rhythm, groove, character. Just floaty coffee shop music. Naturally, it's on the long side. 2/5
Perhaps I wasn’t in the mood, but this is not something I’d re-listen.
Some great tracks but a bit difficult for me to get through
Can listen the whole way through but sounds like sad background music
It was fine. It's not really 'trance' music, but it's also not not trance.
Sounded like ambient noise, which I'm not sure they were intending given that the genre is post-rock. Didn't really make me engaged.
No private session used for Spotify. A band that I know I know, but can't recall how and when I listen to their music. I knew one of the songs. I like that song, but didn't need an albums worth of it.
-Some of the songs are okay, or have interesting orchestral elements, but as a whole I don't think I really like this album or perhaps artist.
It starts interesting and atmospheric, but that wares thin fairly quick.
Not a bit of me, I get the idea behind it but meh
Staralfur good Harmonica jump scare Gets boring fairly quickly but I respect the vibes enough to give it a 2/5
Decent background music - couple of good songs but I probably won't be going back to it in a hurry
Nope. Ambient tones that are monotonous to my ear. Not offensive, and likely beautiful. Just not to my tastes.
Good post-rock stuff, but not really for me
Interesting but it ultimately doesn’t do it for me.
So much to trudge through until there are moments of pleasure. Moments, because soon you are trudging through drudgery again.
Listened while driving around Scotland’s highlands, and the vibes still didn’t carry this album too far.
I remember liking this when I was young, but now it's just noise to me.
Mostly boring
2.4
interesting.
2/5 not something I would normally listen to :(
Beautiful music but not for me.
Good ambient music, but I didn't care for the vocals. I'm sure this style was largely unheard of at this time, so I do have to give them credit for that.
Good production. Sounds fine. It's a lot of ambient tunes, sort of depressing vocals. A bit depressing all around. I'd say it's a good background album for an overcast or rainy day.
Is there anything from Iceland that just isn’t fucking weird? I don’t know if it’s something in the water, the isolation from the rest of the world, the small and possibly inbred population or some kind of fey fairy magic, but it’s weird stuff. Weird doesn’t mean bad, but weird it is. Bjork, Sigur Ros, the guy from Game of Thrones… Add to the fact that apparently Sigur Ros doesn’t actually sing any real lyrics- you’d be forgiven for thinking it’s Icelandic- which almost no one speaks- but it’s not. It’s their made-up fairy language. The music is lush, orchestral and electronic and the soundtrack for a noble Viking death in some 90s movie. ¨Hjartao Hamast¨ sounds like the Deftones if made the soundtrack for a futuristic gay sauna. This is meant as high praise- like the rest of the album, the song takes you somewhere. All in all, it was easy to let the music fall into the background- it was transportive enough when I actively listened but at times easy to disengage from. That’s not the band’s failing, it’s mine. Best songs: ¨Hjartao Hamast¨
Interesting album could revisit on a weird day
If it were a score to a movie it could be good- as a stand alone album less so.
It's not my cup of tea.
Icelandic radiohead.
Was it good? No. Was it interesting? Not really. Did it change music? Definitely not.
Enjoyable enough
Defiantly not my favorite kind of album. It never really goes anywhere for me, with each break in music being progressively slower.
Need more time with this.
I think i dont get this because im not a musician. Because it sounds complex and difficult and grand. But what was the impetus to make it? Some of it is just noisy.
Truly sad that the first actually experimental album on my journey thus far just wasn’t for me but hey, what can I say. But it just wasn’t for me. It was still interesting and somewhat okay background noise but I will forget I listened to this pretty soon.
Sleepy
What Enya would sound like on gummies
Had to skip the back half of Svefn-g-englar because I couldn't stand the "It's yooooooooooou" refrain, assuming that's what they were saying. I had to listen to the album multiple times to find a track that I wanted to capture for a future-listen playlist: no favorites easily jumped out to me. I'm not as enamored of the Jonsi falsetto, but maybe it's just not for me. These vibes make me want to listen to Radiohead instead.
low bpm, baydı
Largely pleasant and forgettable. A nice enough way to fall asleep if you need a soundtrack for that.
Did not like this album at all. Thought Svefn-g-englar had a cool interesting vibe to start and then the entire album just had no energy. The lead singer made me physically uncomfortable on bamm bamm bamm. Not for me
Some cool moments and sounds but did not grab me.
Musical wallpaper
I heard some of the Icelandic magic (like Bjork), but the songs never felt like they truly get energetic enough to stick around for. Glad I gave it an honest listen, but I dont get it
I like the beats and everything with it but it feels like the songs get kind of dragged out and over stay their welcome after a couple of minutes in
Trippy and reminded me of UFOs
Another album that doesn't go anywhere. Nice noises, but an hour of it isn't for me.
I have mixed feelings. It was a challenge for me to finish the album. I lost my interest in most songs due to their slow intro. However, as the songs progressed, intricate melodies -maybe not even melody, sound- appeared. I felt like looking at a nebula. Still, these parts were not common and I will have to skip a lot if I want to listen to these songs again. I think they are just not my type.
One of those bands I'd heard about but never heard. Everything I heard about them sounded like they aren't my thing. Listening to this confirms they are not my thing.
lulling me to sleep while I work. I do appreciate the instrumentation but it needs something in addition to whats here to make this a classic.
Didn’t like this one at all
expected a kinda pretentious sonic soundscape thing, and it delivered that, with some moments of beauty. but it all wore kind of thin. kind of annoying. it's an hour-plus soundtrack to luxury cars on winding autumnal roads. a soft-focus tribute to the lexus december to remember sales event.
it was fine
Interesting background music
Not really my thing, but it wasn’t bad. Album art is off putting tbh.
Difficult. I love "Starálfur" since several years but I did not like any other song on this album. It is creative, there are lots and lots of moments which are interesting. But still, I simply don't get it for most parts.
Not for me Best Song: Flugufrelsarrin Rating: 4.5/10 (not Good) Stars: 2/5
Beautiful songs individually but as a an album I found it a hard listen, bit of a chore to get through.
Not bad, my Icelandic is rusty so didn’t really connect.
Interesting is the word id use. dramatic, sweeping, but repetitive and nothing really of note. the long songs were really annoying honestly. good background music but not much more than that; definitely could feel the emotion through the music but it wasn't something i deeply resonated with
Droning soundtrack music. I’d have to give it another listen but couldn’t get into it.
Qué es esta poronga hermano, banco lo novedoso y lo que quiso intentar pero un PARTO literal
Es como estas en el utero a punto de nacer pero como que no salis nunca, quedas en el eter flotando. Me aburrí.
Interesante la propuesta ponele, Posta un sonido muy novedoso. +1 estrella por usar el arco de violín en la guitarra y dar esas vibes Pero no es algo que dejaría sonando a gusto (capaz de fondo)
Meh!
Very mid, I didn’t enjoy. Not my type of music and found it a bit boring honestly
Talented but so slow and painful
Both dreamy and dreary.
I can appreciate what they are doing with this album, but I just can't get into it. I like psychedelic rock and I feel like there are elements in this album, but there seems to be a lot of tension...
Musically solid. The lack of English lyrics and the voice is a little annoying Would be good for background music?
Sleep music?
Ambient music. Not my thing. Lyrics when sung are too distracting to let me read.
Not for me. Listened yesterday and I can’t remember what it was.
It was good background music but a bit too weird for my taste at times.
Not really my thing but most tracks were pleasant.
I find this music very very dull
Definitely an interesting album. I can appreciate the musicianship, but this was an album that required more of my attention and I just couldn’t get into it. 2.5/5 Probably won’t listen again
Not for me
the strangest album yet 2/5
This album made me sleepy
Meh. 2*
Boring
The vocals on this are infuriating 95% of the time, vacillating between a shit falsetto and a forced soft voice that reaches an absolutely enraging nadir on Hjartad Hamast where it sounds like this motherfucker is insipidly whining in your ear and you don’t know what it’s about or how a grown person can sound so pathetically infantile. There is some beautiful music here, but every track lasting seven minutes means it’s interspersed with a lot that isn’t great to hear. The best stuff on this album sounds like it could be the music in a documentary about space exploration or technological progress, and I don’t really feel like I mean that in a complimentary manner despite it being the nicest thing I have to say about this album.
Oh boy…Icelandic Artsy Fartsy. Great if you’re into that stuff.
when it's good it'really good but most of the time it isn't for me.
Interesting sounds and really crisp, immersive production, but I found this a real chore to listen to. Too ponderous, pompous and plodding to hold interest for long and what few melodic ideas there are here become repetitive and are buried under the wall of sound. I'll give it two stars for the vision, but this isn't something I'd return to personally.