Sigur Rós' Musical Wonderland

Don’t bother asking for Sigur Rós’ new album by name, unless you are familiar enough with Icelandic to pronounce Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust. The album title roughly translates to "With A Buzz In Our Ears We Play Endlessly," and with this latest release, listeners should be so lucky.
The Iceland band famous for its stretches of sonic waterfalls tones it down for an album as beautiful and anathematic as anything you’ll find this year. Coldplay, eat your heart out.
As usual, all the words are in the band’s native Icelandic (with the exception of the album’s closing track, “All Alright” which is the bands first time singing in English), but the words aren’t too important with Sigur Rós – you get a sense of what they mean by the cascading music behind them.
And what music. Rós usually drenches their albums in electric guitar overdubs and droning pianos and organs, but this is by far their “peppiest” album to date, in the best sense of the word. It’s all acoustic guitars and pianos, with strings and horns that smack of Sufjan Steven’s brilliant Come On, Feel the Illionoise! album. From the up-beat opener “Gobbledigook” to the rippling “Ára Bátur” Rós takes the listener on a journey through a musical soundscape both magic and familiar.
Pick up this album for a dose of pure enchantment, in any language.