Von sold a grand total of 313 copies in Iceland when first released in 1997.
(Source: independent.co.uk)
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"With Heysátan, my idea of it, after we wrote it obviously, was that there was, like, an old man, looking over his his field… this big field or sea or something. And he is dying. …He’s gonna die. And he’s just sitting down, laying on the grass, and he’s gonna die. But that’s fine. He’s alright with that, because he’s had a good life, and he’s quite happy dying."
- Kjartan Sveinsson (via colorfulfireworks)
(Source: svo-hljott, via birgissons)
"Georg is occasionally refered to as ‘white fang’ after his ability to catch trout with his teeth."
- Sigur Rós Trivia (via chlofun)
(Source: sigur-ros.co.uk, via sigurlol)
Natalie Portman is a fan of Sigur Ros.
"‘one icelandic journalist came to our show and wrote that it was so beautiful she had to run to the bathroom to throw up.’"
- jonsi
"the first song jónsi learned how to play on guitar was wrathchild by iron maiden, at the age of 13. iron maiden remains one of jónsi’s favourite bands today. orri’s favourite band has been black sabbath from an early age."
- sigur-ros.co.uk
"the first song sigur rós recorded for the ágætis byrjun album was (shock!) ágætis byrjun. when they finished the song, they played it to their friend who really liked it and said it was an “alright start” (= ágætis byrjun), so they named the album after that."
"for their first album, von, sigur rós painted the studio they recorded it in, in exchange for recording the album."
- sigur-ros.co.uk
"1.) The intro track in the album ágætis byrjun is a chapter from the title track, ‘ágætis byrjun’, reversed.
2.) Avalon is a chapter from starálfur, slowed down."
- sigur-ros.co.uk
