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Sigur Rós haven’t released an album since 2008’s “Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust,” and despite their indefinite hiatus, lead vocalist and guitarist J??n “J??nsi” Birgisson has stayed busy, releasing an album titled “Riceboy Sleeps” with his boyfriend, graphic artist Alex Somers, last year. J??nsi’s first solo effort, “Go,” features the instrumental arrangements of composer Nico...
...this is a pop album at its heart comes at the very start: unlike nearly all of Sigur Rós’ more symphonic releases, the best song on “Go” is the first one. “Go Do” may back J??nsi’s familiar soaring falsetto with chiming percussion and orchestral flourishes, but it is nonetheless a consummate pop song—and a great one. From the opening, cheerfully syncopated vocal samples through the disconcertingly straightforward verse-chorus-verse structure, “Go Do?...
...percussion, which are mixed unusually high throughout the record, dominate Muhly’s complex arrangement and contribute significantly to that unpretentious quality. “Go” is an album which is easy to appreciate on first listen, but its immediacy never detracts from the emotional rollercoaster J??nsi is so adept at creating...
...seem limiting to constantly compare J??nsi to Sigur Rós, but J??nsi invites the association by making music that has so much in common with his band—his own heartrending falsetto, simple but perfectly arranged orchestral support, and an unabashedly emotional atmosphere—and then self-consciously moving away from much of what defines them. Where Sigur Rós were sprawling, J??nsi is concise. Where Sigur Rós were languorous, J??nsi is propulsive. Where Sigur Rós were grandiose, J??nsi is playful...
Believe it or not, the men’s basketball squad experienced an eerily similar case of déj?? vu during its return to the land of gorges and waterfalls...