Sigur Rós - Valtari
Unless you've been living under a rock for the past decade there's a strong chance that you've watched a documentary, advertisement or compilation of TV show "highlights" or "best bits" that has been soundtracked by the strange ethereal Vonlenska (made-up language) of Sigur Rós. Their biggest and most widely-known piece, Hoppípolla, has just about featured on every BBC wildlife documentary of the past 5 years, and also been remixed by Chicane as Poppiholla . Now that frontman Jónsi has had a go at a solo record, the band are poised to release their first studio effort in four years. Considering that the playlists of stuff that, recently released, I listen to regularly, contain genres and artists varying from Regina Spektor to A$AP Rocky, Best Coast to Saint Etienne, it's often easy to overlook an artist and their entire uniquity. Prior to listening to this, their sixth studio album, I sort-of treated the prospect with a sense of arrogant assumpt