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Sigur Ros is an Icelandic post-rock band with shoegazing and minimalist elements. The name is Icelandic for "victory rose". It is pronounced 'see oor roce'.
Jon Dor (Jonsi) Birgisson, Georg Holm and Águst Evar Gunnarsson formed the group in Reykjavík in August 1994. Their name is taken from Jónsi's younger sister Sigurrós, who was born the same day. They soon won a record deal with a local record label, Bad Taste. In 1997, they released Von (Hope) and in 1998 a remix collection named Von brigoi. The name is Icelandic wordplay: Vonbrigoi means "disappointment", but Von brigoi means "hope alteration". (In English, the album is sometimes known by the alternative name "Recycle Bin".)
International acclaim came with 1999's Agætis Byrjun ("An alright start") for which the band were joined by Kjartan Sveinsson. The album's reputation slowly spread by word of mouth over the next two years. Soon many critics worldwide hailed it as one of the best albums of its time and the band was playing with Radiohead and other big names. Three songs, Agætis Byrjun's title track, its first single "Svefn-g-englar", and a live take of the then-unreleased "Njosnavelin" (to become "Untitled #4") appeared in the Cameron Crowe film Vanilla Sky.
After the release of Agætis Byrjun, the band became perhaps most well known for Birgisson's signature style of playing guitar with the bow from a cello, accentuated with reverb, creating a sweeping, fluid sound that is unique for an electric guitar.
Drummer Agust left the band after the recording of Agætis Byrjun and was replaced by Orri Pall Dyrason. In 2002, their highly anticipated follow-up album ( ) was released. There are no definitive titles for the eight compositions on the disc. All lyrics are sung entirely in "Hopelandic", an improvised nonsense language created by Jon por Birgisson which resembles the sound of the Icelandic language.
In October of 2003, Sigur Ros joined Radiohead in composing music for Merce Cunningham's dance piece Split Sides; Sigur Ros' three tracks were named Ba Ba Ti Ki Di Do and released in March of 2004. The band's 1997 debut album Von also finally found a U.S. and U.K. release in October of 2004. Their latest album, Takk... (Thanks...), falls between the styles of their first two albums, and was released on September 13, 2005, with a legal download of their first single, Glosoli, made available on August 15. For North American fans, Saglopur was made available for download on August 16. Hoppípolla, the second official single off of Takk..., will be released on November 28 alongside a new studio remake of Hafssol, a song which was previously released on the band's 1997 debut.
