Ágætis Byrjun is an album for the heart and soul -- an album for your life.
For all of the hyperbole thrown at this album, it still remains indescribable. It sounds other worldly, while seeming so beautiful and so natural. It represents a standard, and one the band really have yet to duplicate, yet somehow, it’s impossible to think that they really ever will.
With songs rarely coming in under seven minutes, Ágætis byrjun does move at a glacial pace, but it's never sluggish. It is, however, the kind of record that can immediately change the mood of the room you're in.
Sigur Rós effortlessly make music that is massive, glacial, and sparse. They are Hidden People ... They are the first vital band of the 21st Century.
Starting the year with this weird ass looking baby/fetus/alien album🎉🎉
To be honest, I've heard some songs off this album about six months ago and I thought it sounded like bullshit Disney music mixed with post rock, and I was bored as hell. Since then I was kind of afraid of going back to it despite the album's reputation. But about a week ago I finally decided to give it another try, and yeah I was an idiot.
This is the band's sophomore album, released in 1999, after their not very ... read more
Beauty: a combination of qualities that pleases the intellect or moral sense.
Late in 1999, Sigur Rós released a message on their website titled "Our Life... So Far," following the release of their U.K. EP Svefn-g-englar in September and their second album Ágaetis Byrjun in June in Iceland.
To begin with, their location is described as "Reykjavík, Iceland." Somewhere in the North Atlantic Ocean," they said, describing the difficult meteorological ... read more
This. Is. Beautiful.
Icelandic post-rock group Sigur Rós have been a name I've been wanting to check out for a long, long time now. Something their aesthetics on their covers as well as their variation of genres had me intrigued.
Ágætis byrjun translates to A Good Beginning and was released in June 1999, having been recorded during August 1998 til April 1999.
It was Sigur Rós' breakthrough album both critically and commercially, having won numerous awards and ... read more
Listening to a new album every day: Day 247
This album feels like a journey. It has a pretty clear beginning, middle, and end. The beginning songs feel similar to lullabies, being comforting tracks with beautifully calm instrumentation, with lyrics that speak of birth and childish joy. The middle of the album is the longest section, adding more heavy drums on most songs and using metaphors to describe some pretty heavy struggles. The ending calms back down a bit and resolves the struggles in ... read more
Though rather dense, a very pretty and wonderful listen! At times I find myself a little bored, but for the great majority, it's nothing short of captivating
1 | Intro 1:36 | 85 |
2 | Svefn-g-englar 10:06 | 96 |
3 | Starálfur 6:46 | 93 |
4 | Flugufrelsarinn 7:47 | 90 |
5 | Ný batterí 8:10 | 93 |
6 | Hjartað hamast (bamm bamm bamm) 7:10 | 88 |
7 | Viðrar vel til loftárása 10:17 | 91 |
8 | Olsen olsen 8:02 | 93 |
9 | Ágætis byrjun 7:55 | 89 |
10 | Avalon 4:02 | 84 |