Last Night
Wot She Said
Well nearly. Although on the whole this was a captivating show I would probably have mentioned that for a couple of songs in the middle I began to get a bit fidgety.. wishing that they could use their sonic experimentation to occasionally plough a slightly different furrow. I would love to hear Sigur Ros attempt to write a more conventional verse chorus verse rock song. I'm sure the results would be marvellous.
But when it was good it was very good - amplified by the warm night, gorgeous setting and crystal clear acoustics. The performance was also a lot more powerful than I expected. The noise assault was reminiscent of My Bloody Valentine at times, and watching Orri attack his drums whenever called upon was a sight to behold. In fact the whole band were good to watch... whether marvelling at Jonsi's extraordinary vocals - particularly when singing through his guitar pickups - or working out whether string-quartet backing group / support act Amina could step in at a Spice Girls reunion (We got as far as 'Saw Spice' and 'Ginger Spice').
There's not a great deal I can add to Jen's review, so i'll skip straight to the music. I was going to post up 'Ny Batteri' (New Batteries), however I will also include 'Rafmagnið Búið' (which of course means 'Electricity Over') - essentially the extended intro to 'Ny Batteri' that came from the CD single. I was going to try & record them into one extended MP3, however frankly I can't be arsed. iTunes will do it for you anyway. It's worth listening to them together though... the long build-up makes it even more dramatic when the bassline kicks in.
Best served in a darkened room:
SIGUR ROS - Rafmagnið Búið
SIGUR ROS - Ny Batteri
Well nearly. Although on the whole this was a captivating show I would probably have mentioned that for a couple of songs in the middle I began to get a bit fidgety.. wishing that they could use their sonic experimentation to occasionally plough a slightly different furrow. I would love to hear Sigur Ros attempt to write a more conventional verse chorus verse rock song. I'm sure the results would be marvellous.
But when it was good it was very good - amplified by the warm night, gorgeous setting and crystal clear acoustics. The performance was also a lot more powerful than I expected. The noise assault was reminiscent of My Bloody Valentine at times, and watching Orri attack his drums whenever called upon was a sight to behold. In fact the whole band were good to watch... whether marvelling at Jonsi's extraordinary vocals - particularly when singing through his guitar pickups - or working out whether string-quartet backing group / support act Amina could step in at a Spice Girls reunion (We got as far as 'Saw Spice' and 'Ginger Spice').
There's not a great deal I can add to Jen's review, so i'll skip straight to the music. I was going to post up 'Ny Batteri' (New Batteries), however I will also include 'Rafmagnið Búið' (which of course means 'Electricity Over') - essentially the extended intro to 'Ny Batteri' that came from the CD single. I was going to try & record them into one extended MP3, however frankly I can't be arsed. iTunes will do it for you anyway. It's worth listening to them together though... the long build-up makes it even more dramatic when the bassline kicks in.
Best served in a darkened room:
SIGUR ROS - Rafmagnið Búið
SIGUR ROS - Ny Batteri
posted by headphonesex @ 10:19 PM
