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Chris Leslie-Hynan reports:
Sigur R?s have gone into the studio to begin work on their fourth full-length album, according to the band's official news source, www.sigur-ros.co.uk. We talked to the site's editor, Bj?rn Erlingur Fl?ki Bj?rnsson, who said the band began recording two weeks ago but "don't even know much yet themselves" about what the album will eventually sound like.
Three tracks the band has been working into their setlists during their extensive touring in support of ( ) ("Gong," "M?lan?," and "Salka") are leading candidates for inclusion; live clips of each song are available on the site. However long this recording session lasts, it probably won't be the band's only trip into the studio. With trips to New York planned in August and October to play with Bj?rk and Radiohead, respectively, they'll probably be in and out of sessions for the remainder of the year.
According to Bj?rnsson, the album "already looks to be considerably more accessible than ( )-- this J?nsi said to me himself the other day." The trio of new songs would seem to bear this out, offering no great resemblance to the grey, laden hymns and bitter crescendos of ( ). The chiming guitars of "Salka" (an Icelandic female name) and lively snare rolls of "Gong" (a Malayan word for... um, a gong) give the new material a comparatively buoyant, urbane feel. As for "M?lan?"-- well, it doesn't fit either of those adjectives particularly, but it's about a city, so there
Chris Leslie-Hynan reports:
Sigur R?s have gone into the studio to begin work on their fourth full-length album, according to the band's official news source, www.sigur-ros.co.uk. We talked to the site's editor, Bj?rn Erlingur Fl?ki Bj?rnsson, who said the band began recording two weeks ago but "don't even know much yet themselves" about what the album will eventually sound like.
Three tracks the band has been working into their setlists during their extensive touring in support of ( ) ("Gong," "M?lan?," and "Salka") are leading candidates for inclusion; live clips of each song are available on the site. However long this recording session lasts, it probably won't be the band's only trip into the studio. With trips to New York planned in August and October to play with Bj?rk and Radiohead, respectively, they'll probably be in and out of sessions for the remainder of the year.
According to Bj?rnsson, the album "already looks to be considerably more accessible than ( )-- this J?nsi said to me himself the other day." The trio of new songs would seem to bear this out, offering no great resemblance to the grey, laden hymns and bitter crescendos of ( ). The chiming guitars of "Salka" (an Icelandic female name) and lively snare rolls of "Gong" (a Malayan word for... um, a gong) give the new material a comparatively buoyant, urbane feel. As for "M?lan?"-- well, it doesn't fit either of those adjectives particularly, but it's about a city, so there