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Line 1: {{~~work~~creator}} [[File:sr.jpg\|~~frame~~thumb\|350px]] The ''other'' famous band from [[Iceland]], [[Sigur Rós]] are an [[Alternative Rock]] band commonly classified as "[[Post Rock\|post-rock]]", known for their ethereal sound and frontman Jónsi Birgisson's distinctive falsetto voice. Its members are as follows: Line 17: Hallmarks of the band's sound include: a wall of guitars, keyboards and violins, Jónsi's high-pitched, [[Cocteau Twins\|Liz Fraser]]-sounding falsetto voice, use of bowed guitar, frequent use of a [[Singing Simlish\|made-up nonsense language]] named "Vonlenska" ("hopelandic"), and success despite the fact that most of their audience most likely doesn't understand a lick of their lyrics. Yes, they're ''[[Crowning Music of Awesome\|that good]]''. {{discography}} ~~Sigur Rós albums so far are:~~ * ''Von'' (1997) - "Hope" ** ''Von brigði'' (1998) - "Hope Alteration", contains remixes of ''Von'' tracks. Nicknamed "Recycle Bin" due to its cover, and is also a pun in Icelandic, because ''vonbrigði'' in one word means "disappointment". Line 35: * ''[[Heima]]'' (2006), which follows the band through Iceland as they play free concerts to their compatriots. * ''[[Inni]]'' (2011), which was filmed at a concert they did in London in 2008, [[Le Film Artistique\|shot in black-and-white with arty camera angles]], and interspersed with some archive footage of the band. ~~----~~ {{creatortropes}} ~~== Tropes: ==~~ * [[Album Title Drop]]: "Hjartað hamast (bamm bamm bamm)" has not only a title drop for its parent album, but also the two previous ones: ''með '''von''' að vin ég vinn upp smá tíma/leita að '''ágætis byrjun'''/en verð að '''vonbrigðum''''' ("With hope as my friend I make up some time/I look for an alright beginning/But I will be disappointed"). The liner notes to the album "Ágætis byrjun" also contains the line: ''Ég gaf ykkur '''von''' sem varð að '''vonbrigðum'''. Þetta er '''ágætis byrjun'''.'' ("I gave you hope which became a disappointment. This is a good beginning") The second sentence is also used in the track of the album with the same name. Line 79: Additionally, the working titles for "Hljómalind" and "Hoppípolla" were "Rokklagið" (The Rock Song) and "The Money Song," respectively, "Rokklagið" for being the most rock-like out of their songs, and "The Money Song" for the band's certainty that the song would be commercially successful. * [[Uncommon Time]]: All over the place on ''Takk''. From [[The Other Wiki]]: {{quote\| "In the track "Andvari" for example, the main melody repeats itself every 27 beats, with stress on beats 1, 5, 9, 11, 16, 20 and 25. This could be rendered as seven bars of 4, 4, 2, 5, 4, 5 and 3 beats respectively. Against this there is a steady counter-rhythm of triple time, which could be rendered as eighteen bars of 3/8 time per 27-beat cycle."}} * [[The Unpronounceable]]: Their names, song titles, album titles, lyrics... hell, nearly everything. ** To the point where their official site has an Icelandic pronounciation guide.