Sigur Ros – Me Su I Eyrum Vi Spilum Endalaust (2LP)

Album Info Hide Show Artist: Sigur Rs Album: Me Su Eyrum Vi Spilum Endalaust Released: Europe, 2021 Tracklist: A1 Gobbledigook A2 Inn Mr Syngur Vitleysingur A3 Gan Daginn A4 Vi Spilum Endalaust B1 Festival B2 Me Su Eyrum C1 ra Btur C2 Illgresi D1 Fljtavk D2 Straumnes D3 All Alright Info About Buying Vinyl From Our Record Store We are a small independent record store located at 211 High St, Preston in Melbourne, Australia (North of Northcote, between Thornbury & Reservoir) We buy and sell new and used vinyl records – if you have a collection you’d like to sell please click here . We ship Australia wide for a flat rate of $10 for standard shipping or $15 for express post. Free Shipping for orders $150 and over. You can also pick up your order in store, just select Local Pickup at the checkout. We also ship internationally – prices vary depending on weight and location. 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If you change your mind you have 30 days to return your record but you must cover the cost of returning it to the store. You can contact our Melbourne record shop at (03) 9939 3807 or at [email protected] Happy Listening! Description Hide Show Sigur Rs have always sounded like weather, but in June 2008 they surprised everyone by stepping into the sun. Me su eyrum vi spilum endalaust arrived with that Ryan McGinley cover of naked runners caught mid-flight, and the music matches the image. Less glacial drone, more skin and breath. The band didnt abandon the sweep that made them cult heroes, they just swapped some of the frost for bare feet and daylight. Gobbledigook sets the pace straight away. Handclaps, tumbling drums, acoustic guitars that feel strummed from the back of a van, Jnsi whooping in a melody that flickers like a campfire. Its chaotic but tight, and you can hear Orri Pll Drason driving the whole thing from the kit while Georg Hlms bass keeps it from floating off. Coming after the autumnal drift of Takk…, this opener felt like a dare. Stick around, it says, the band you love is still here, just laughing a bit louder. Inn mr syngur vitleysingur follows with a piano hook so simple youd swear youve known it for years. The horns punch through like a parade taking a corner, and the chorus rises in dizzy waves. It became a fan favourite for good reason. You can picture it echoing around arenas, strangers smiling at each other through the noise. The title track, Vi spilum endalaust, keeps the euphoria rolling with a head-down pulse and Jnsis voice darting across the top like a kite. If youve ever tried to mumble-sing Icelandic while cooking dinner, this is one of those songs. The old grandeur hasnt gone anywhere, it just bides its time. Festival starts with a single sustained vocal line and a shy organ figure, then grows and grows until youre lifted up in the finale. It is a classic slow-burn Sigur Rs build, the kind that makes time feel elastic. And then theres ra btur, recorded with the London Sinfonietta and the London Oratory School Choir at Abbey Road. The arrangement spills forward in waves, all strings and massed voices, but the band keeps a human pulse underneath. When the choir finally crests, its proper goosebump territory. The quiet corners are just as strong. Fljtavk and Straumnes feel like Polaroids, all salt air and fog, with Kjartan Sveinsson colouring the gaps in soft piano and harmonium. All Alright, the closer, is their first song sung in English, and the intimacy is striking. Jnsi barely raises his voice, the lyric reads like a private note, and the restraint lands harder than a wall of sound would have. A lot of what makes this record sing is the sense of being in the room with them. They tracked in familiar spaces at home, then opened things up in London for the big choral moment. You can hear chairs creak, strings bite, drumsticks clack together. Its a more immediate Sigur Rs, not so wrapped in reverb, and that suits these songs. The translation of the title is With a Buzz in Our Ears We Play Endlessly, and thats exactly how it feels. Less cathedral, more hall with scuffed floors and the doors flung open to the street. If youre the type who hunts for Sigur Rs vinyl, this is one to own. The acoustic guitars and low-end warmth love a turntable, and the pressing brings out air in the room, especially on the slow bloom of Festival and the gale-force centre of ra btur. Plenty of folks discovered the band through this period, then went backwards to gtis byrjun, and that makes sense. Its friendly to newcomers without dulling anything important. If you want to buy Sigur Rs records online, keep an eye out for Me su eyrum vi spilum endalaust vinyl because copies dont sit long. Among Sigur Rs albums on vinyl, it pairs neatly with Heima on the shelf, a sunnier companion to those field recordings and post-tour sighs. Ive picked this up from a Melbourne record store bin more than once, handed it to a mate, and said, start here if the name scares you. If youre digging through vinyl records Australia wide and you spy that McGinley cover, grab it. Its the sound of a band letting light in, then sharing it around. Product Reviews Hide Show Write a Review