Sigur Ros Close To Completing New Album

Sigur Ros have revealed that they have returend to the studio in the past few weekes to start work on a new album.

Writing on their official website, the band revealed that the record is nearing complation and that the sound is “slower and more ambient”.

The posting reads: “Sigur Rós have certainly been keeping busy lately. In addition to the Riceboy Sleeps album, Jónsi’s solo album and kjartan’s ondine soundtrack, Sigur Rós have been at work in their sundlaugin studio in álafoss the past few weeks recording a full length album, which is now nearing completion.

“Orri told morgunblaðið newspaper today that the recordings have been going very well and that the album is taking form as a slower and more ambient record than með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust and takk...

“He also describes the music as melodic but much less noisy and more 'out there' than previous albums. the album does not have a release date set but is expected to be released sometime next year.”

(by Daniel Melia)

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