New Sigur Rós, and another fancy box set.
Yay, new Sigur Rós album!
Rather reminiscent of the release of Radiohead's In Rainbows album, Sigur Rós recently announced their new album "Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust" just over a month before it was released. Personally I like this approach to things, as it means not having to wait ages for the new album to be released (and I assume it doesn't give much time for the new album to be leaked either). And even better, they've let everyone hear the album before it's release themselves by streaming it via their Dót widget thingy (and it's up on Last.fm too). My thoughts on the first listen of album were that I liked it, it didn't blow me away but I did like the fact that it sounded a bit more 'up beat' (at least the first couple of songs). Having listened to it a second time a short while ago I was into it more, I think this one could be a grower...
The other thing that the new album has in common with In Rainbows is the formats, notably the box set. I've always gone for limited editions of albums whenever I can (Björk's Post CD in a plastic handbag is pretty cool), but these usually cost only a small amount more than the regular releases. Now they're getting fancier... and much more expensive. Thankfully they're not too common as yet, however they are pretty fuckin' cool. In Rainbow's box set had the extra bonus of a second CD, a book and records, so you're getting your money's worth. Sigur Rós's box set sounds even better (and so it should be, seeing as it's £60): it's got the album on CD, a DVD on the making of the album, a unique cell from the Gobbledigook video, and a large 200(?) page book. And you also get the album via MP3 on release, as well as the regular CD earlier too. Nice! I also got the Portishead box set for Third too, so I'm starting to get a collection of the buggers...
One final random thought: Foo Fighters + Led Zeppelin = awesomeness!
Rather reminiscent of the release of Radiohead's In Rainbows album, Sigur Rós recently announced their new album "Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust" just over a month before it was released. Personally I like this approach to things, as it means not having to wait ages for the new album to be released (and I assume it doesn't give much time for the new album to be leaked either). And even better, they've let everyone hear the album before it's release themselves by streaming it via their Dót widget thingy (and it's up on Last.fm too). My thoughts on the first listen of album were that I liked it, it didn't blow me away but I did like the fact that it sounded a bit more 'up beat' (at least the first couple of songs). Having listened to it a second time a short while ago I was into it more, I think this one could be a grower...
The other thing that the new album has in common with In Rainbows is the formats, notably the box set. I've always gone for limited editions of albums whenever I can (Björk's Post CD in a plastic handbag is pretty cool), but these usually cost only a small amount more than the regular releases. Now they're getting fancier... and much more expensive. Thankfully they're not too common as yet, however they are pretty fuckin' cool. In Rainbow's box set had the extra bonus of a second CD, a book and records, so you're getting your money's worth. Sigur Rós's box set sounds even better (and so it should be, seeing as it's £60): it's got the album on CD, a DVD on the making of the album, a unique cell from the Gobbledigook video, and a large 200(?) page book. And you also get the album via MP3 on release, as well as the regular CD earlier too. Nice! I also got the Portishead box set for Third too, so I'm starting to get a collection of the buggers...
One final random thought: Foo Fighters + Led Zeppelin = awesomeness!
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