Then I saw the video for Gobbledigook. Quickly thereafter, the rest of the album became available on the internet and I've had a hard time not listening to it since.
My initial thought was that Sigur Rós had gone pop, and as a sucker for well executed pop music, it totally struck my fancy. Yet, it's really only the opening two tracks (aforementioned 'Gobbledigook' and my personal favorite, 'Inní mér syngur vitleysingur') that fit into said genre. The latter song is the perfect song to come out at the onset of summer -- beautiful horns, strangely anthemic lyrics that are impossible to decipher, throbbing drums and a palpable sense of change and happiness made possible only by the sun's warmth and presence.
The remaining tracks more-or-less sound more akin to what I've previous heard from the band. However, that's not to say that there are any sort of exhausted qualities. For instance, the 9 minute-epic "Festival" begins modestly with merely a falsetto and sparse accompanying electronic keys, until a bass drum kicks in and the song becomes an almost continual 4 minute build-up.
The rest of the CD is great and well suited for a lazy afternoon listen. Oh, and the last track "All Alright" is the first song Sigur Rós has ever sung in english. I don't want to be effusive, but even for someone who never never liked these guys, this album is completely amazing and I highly recommend it to ANYone.
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