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Sigur Rós' Ágætis Byrjun

Sigur Rós' Ágætis Byrjun

Holt, Fabian
Størvold, Tore

Hardcover

Series: 33 1/3 Europe

MusiciansGeneral MusicPop/Rock

PREORDER - Expected ship date February 4, 2027

ISBN13: 9798765124239
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Published: Feb 4 2027
Pages: 144
Weight: 1.00
Height: 1.00 Width: 5.00 Depth: 7.75
Language: English

Ág tis Byrjun ('A Good Beginning') was the album that introduced the world to the unique, haunting musical style of Sigur Rós, transforming the global image of Icelandic music.

Ág tis byrjun (A good beginning) is the record that announced Sigur Rós to the world. With a momentous sound, featuring acoustic strings alongside grumbling guitar distortion, it struck at the hearts of listeners around the world. But something else happened, too. When Ág tis byrjun landed on the desks of UK and US critics, it stirred up an awful lot of talk about elves and the Northern lights as journalists searched for ways to make sense of this unique musical style. Sigur Rós were soon trapped in exoticist rhetoric and romanticized images of the far North. The sounds of the bowed electric guitar and the band's incomprehensible lyrics were taken as 'sonic evidence' of an enchanted place defined by natural forces. The music -and the discourse it sparked- would go on to redefine the image of Iceland in the cultural imagination.

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