The other night (as I made my way home from work) I had a little good fortune.
I'm a big fan of Zane Lowe's show on Radio 1, but I'm not always in able to listen. He has a tendency to play some excellent music considering his time slot. Trying to listen to his predecessor, Dave Pearce, was very much like having knitting needles driven into your ears, so Zane's show is a massive improvement.
On this particular night, Annie Mac was filling in for Mr Lowe, and it is to her that I am eternally grateful for introducing me to the above mentioned Sigur Ross. I'd heard of them before, you understand, I'd just never heard them.
Needless to say, I've ordered the new album: Takk. It comes out on Monday, and I've ordered it from HMV online, so hopefully it will arrive within a couple of days of release.
Once I've sampled its delights, I'll be sure to post here about it.
Remind me to lend you a copy of the first EP… my only reservation regarding Sigur Ros is that they get a bit limp-wristed and proggy occasionally. The slow, repetitive stuff is great though.