My nephew gave me a bootleg Sigur Rós CD after I mentioned I had liked them from the
Vanilla Sky soundtrack, but I never actually got around to listening to it and he confiscated it. Then I saw a recent Television Thing which included live performances of
Vespertine with Bjork and the Bulgarian Women's Choir (amazingly excellent) and a live
Sigur Rós set and immediately went out and bought their newest unpronouncable album,
Ágćtis Byrjun. The warmth and unpretentious
realness of this album left me spellbound and the CD playerbound for a week.
I personally think they are the most exciting young band in a
long time, and am violently addicted, especially to the song
svefn-g-englar.