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'Glóð' major departure, the sound, the voices, some upside down, the bewitchment; the dreamlike journey with the keyboards of Kjartan which returns, everything is there to train you, to melt you like the ice filled with embers. 'Blóðberg' connects languorous beauty based on wave crescendos and Jónsi in hopelandic walking near you for a dark, symphonic, sublime meditation. 'Skel' continues, sound by the way, over the voice in falsetto; contemplative, fabulous latent air, filled with hope where the orchestra shows the power of the instruments; final with a horn, an archaic cello for 'Klettur' with the atmosphere 'the last temptation of Christ', a metronomic pad, angelic choirs, melancholy violins from which we expect the explosion; the post becomes cosmic, leaving on ethereal limbo and gives relief, immense. 'Mór' with Jónsi to prolong the state of religious trance in which you got stuck, waking up from a dreamlike nap tending to plunge you back into it with a gentle finale.

'Andrá' first sounds of 'Radio activity', first moments of life of Man on Earth; the hopelandic is perfect to symbolize this, a contemplative air, a climb to the heavens while remaining alive, this is what we are aiming for; the acoustic guitar and the air swell, the sounds raise the mood before the end, it feels like riding a wave. 'Gold' resembles but dissimilar, more majesty and grandeur; soaring and pensive. 'Ylur' on the crystalline piano and the voice of Jónsi forward for yet another bucolic drift on the black southern lands, one more to stay in weightlessness. 'Fall' occurs, piano and its sustain pedal to prolong, the minimal vocal as an interlude and the solemn air to keep hope alive. '8' closes the album, a consensual title repeating the theme of dark light, one more oxymoron for these fantastic 3 and their orchestra; 5 minutes and it's over... for a final meditative de-crescendo.

Sigur Rós launches this musical pad, a cosmic neo-classical sound, a concept album to listen to in one go, at a time when many are surfing on 2-3 titles thinking they know everything and understand everything; meditative, dreamlike, simply beautiful.(4.5)

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