Ágætis byrjun A Good Beginning 20th Anniversary.
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And so it proved to be, as critics everywhere praised the album. Sigur Rós have announced plans to reissue their classic album Ágætis Byrjun in celebration of its 20th anniversary later this year. Reissue Edition includes 2LPs and copy of the album on CD. Twenty years ago, Icelandic electronic act Sigur Rs released gtis Byrjun (meaning 'A Good Beginning').
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SIGUR ROS AGAETIS BYRJUN REISSUE REVIEW FULL
Unique, engaging, and full of sonic surprises, 'Von' is a bold first statement from one of the more original and compelling bands to emerge from Europe at the turn of the century. Before the icy bleakness of ( ), this sees the band full of hope and wonder. The rest of the album veers between dreamy, gentle, floating-in-space ambience and atmospheric, guitar-heavy excursions. 80 people love this - be the 81st The album that catapulted Sigur Ros from the obscurity of Von into international stardom, world tours, BBC tie ins and a string of hugely successful albums. After the modest success of 1997’s Von, Ágætis byrjun brought the band a global audience and ended up in several ‘Album Of The. Blips, thumps, and Brechtian punch-ins punctuate layers of chime-like guitar feedback. Roughly strummed acoustic guitars interrupt the ecstasies of a full orchestra. 'Von' is certianly not a blueprint of 'Agaetis.' Opening track "sigur rós" contains a cacophony of unsettling sounds and minimal electronica, putting the listener on notice that 'Von' is not your average indie rock outing. While Sigur Ros’ second LP Ágætis byrjun (A Good Beginning) was released in 1999, the record has rightly gone on to be regarded as one of the more important indie releases of the 21st Century. The music of Sigur Rós is beautiful and unusual. Sigur Ros made a grand appearance on the world stage in 1999 with 'Agaetis Byrjun' and were quickly lauded for their evocative, majestic guitar-scapes and their ability to conjure the mythic expanses of their native country with a blend of instrumental post-rock, ethereal vocals, wild experimentalism, and swirling shoegazer aesthetic.
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Sigur Ros's debut album 'Von' (released in Iceland in 1997), now reissued on 180gm vinyl.