Artist: Sigur Ros
Album Name: Takk…
Release Date: September 2005
Wikipedia Article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takk...
The Band
Post Rock!!! Post rock might be the greatest genre of music ever. It’s no doubt the most underrated genre today. Led by awesome bands such as Sigur Ros, Mogwai, Explosions In The Sky, and Godspeed You! Black Emperor, the post rock movement is one that implements numerous styles of music and instruments (including the almighty glockenspiel). My personal favorite aspect of post rock is its use of dynamics to control the energy of the music (if that even makes sense). Anyway, if you want to learn more about post rock and how awesome it is, go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-rock
Sigur Ros is one of my favorite bands of all time. They are one of the most famous post rock bands. One of the things that sets a band like Sigur Ros apart from their post rock contemporaries is their use of vocals. Many post rock bands are instrumental. However, Jónsi Birgisson uses a beautiful falsetto which sounds more like another musical instrument than it does your traditional vox.
The Album
Takk… made a huge impression on me from the first time that I heard it. I listened to it every night for a week when I first discovered it. The album sold 30,000 copies in America the week of its release, and has sold roughly 800,000 copies to date worldwide. The band is from Iceland and the majority of the vocals on the album are in Icelandic or Vonleska, a scat-like form of gibberish.
The Highlights
“Glósóli” – Track 2
You know how Jimmy Page used a bow on his guitar? Yeah, well Jónsi’s better at it. There are some good live videos on youtube where you can watch him doing it, but below is a great video of the song from the Planet Earth series.
“Hoppípolla” – Track 3
My favorite track on the album. Great dynamics in this track.
“Sé Lest” – Track 5
So word on the street is that there’s an instrument called a celesta and that björk lent said instrument to the band which was used on this track. Now I don’t know much about björk and her music (though maybe I’ll give it a try soon), but she helped out with this album, I guess, so good job, björk.
Takk… documentary
If you’ve fallen in love with this album by now (and you should have, because it’s awesome), check out the 30-minute short film on the album. It includes the band members talking about the album and great pictures of the band and Iceland. The video is from the band’s official website and can be found here: http://www.sigur-ros.co.uk/band/disco/takk-documentary.php
Album Name: Takk…
Release Date: September 2005
Wikipedia Article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takk...
The Band
Post Rock!!! Post rock might be the greatest genre of music ever. It’s no doubt the most underrated genre today. Led by awesome bands such as Sigur Ros, Mogwai, Explosions In The Sky, and Godspeed You! Black Emperor, the post rock movement is one that implements numerous styles of music and instruments (including the almighty glockenspiel). My personal favorite aspect of post rock is its use of dynamics to control the energy of the music (if that even makes sense). Anyway, if you want to learn more about post rock and how awesome it is, go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-rock
Sigur Ros is one of my favorite bands of all time. They are one of the most famous post rock bands. One of the things that sets a band like Sigur Ros apart from their post rock contemporaries is their use of vocals. Many post rock bands are instrumental. However, Jónsi Birgisson uses a beautiful falsetto which sounds more like another musical instrument than it does your traditional vox.
The Album
Takk… made a huge impression on me from the first time that I heard it. I listened to it every night for a week when I first discovered it. The album sold 30,000 copies in America the week of its release, and has sold roughly 800,000 copies to date worldwide. The band is from Iceland and the majority of the vocals on the album are in Icelandic or Vonleska, a scat-like form of gibberish.
The Highlights
“Glósóli” – Track 2
You know how Jimmy Page used a bow on his guitar? Yeah, well Jónsi’s better at it. There are some good live videos on youtube where you can watch him doing it, but below is a great video of the song from the Planet Earth series.
“Hoppípolla” – Track 3
My favorite track on the album. Great dynamics in this track.
“Sé Lest” – Track 5
So word on the street is that there’s an instrument called a celesta and that björk lent said instrument to the band which was used on this track. Now I don’t know much about björk and her music (though maybe I’ll give it a try soon), but she helped out with this album, I guess, so good job, björk.
Takk… documentary
If you’ve fallen in love with this album by now (and you should have, because it’s awesome), check out the 30-minute short film on the album. It includes the band members talking about the album and great pictures of the band and Iceland. The video is from the band’s official website and can be found here: http://www.sigur-ros.co.uk/band/disco/takk-documentary.php
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