Album Rating: 4.5

Takk is (somewhat) more traditionally song-focused than this or Agaetis, and some of the longer ones on it don't do as much for me as their best work. Takk is still excellent of course, I just don't enjoy it quite as much as this or Agaetis

Album Rating: 4.5

I agree. These guys are at their best when they're at their most spacious and atmospheric. Takk is a bit lacking in that department, and this one is less good than Agaetis because of the annoying lyrics.

Album Rating: 4.5

I mean, I don't know what Jonsi is saying when he's actually singing words so the exclusive use of Hopelandic on this one doesn't bother me.

fuck yeah bryjun is magic

Album Rating: 4.5

yeah the fact that they sing in another language kinda hinders me from checking them out more cuz I like lyrics with my music and understanding them. but i know that's a silly reason

Album Rating: 5.0

If anything Takk is a bit overrated but I still love that album a lot. It makes you feel like a little kid again.

Album Rating: 4.5

"yeah the fact that they sing in another language kinda hinders me from checking them out more cuz I like lyrics with my music and understanding them. but i know that's a silly reason"

It really doesn't matter with these guys though. Even if Jonsi sang in English I wouldn't really care what he was saying - that's not what this kind of music is about.

Album Rating: 4.5

Takk is wonderful

Album Rating: 4.5

true boney his voice is basically an instrument in this since the language he uses is literally gibberish. but i have to be in a specific mood for this kind of music

agaetis is their best yea

anyone else prefer mum over sigur

Album Rating: 4.5

"yeah the fact that they sing in another language kinda hinders me from checking them out more cuz I like lyrics with my music and understanding them. but i know that's a silly reason"



That's kind of weird, to me most lyrics are bad or not great so I kind of just tune them out, and I tend to not notice lyrics until many listens into something anyway



A large chunk of my favorite stuff is lyric based, but yeah like I said I feel like the average band has not good lyrics so I usually don't don't bother

Album Rating: 5.0

I don't give a shit what language they sing in. Jonsi sings straight up nonsense here but it makes it even more meaningful and his voice is heavenly.

Album Rating: 4.5

Lyrics are usually very important part of my enjoyment but it varies based on the genre. However, I can rarely excuse bad lyrics no matter what the style is.

Album Rating: 4.5

huh interesting Treb. i like most lyrics I hear tho tbh

Album Rating: 4.5

Lyrics probably make up like 70-80% of my emotional connection to music, it's really hard for me to connect to stuff emotionally when lyrics are subpar or non-existent. Sigur Ros and some other post-rock bands are some of the few that I can connect to emotionally without lyrics.

i have almost never connected with lyrics in my entire life which is part of why i joke about having no feelings
i kinda like the abstract approach to them here for that reason, as i'm normally moved strictly by sound and not lyrics

Album Rating: 4.5

I can't stand listening to Christmas music until around the week of the actual holiday, so I used to jam this and Takk a lot in December. It just fits this time of year so well.



Kinda bummed that to this day, my mom still calls them "Cigar Ross" though.

Album Rating: 4.5

it's more just how repetitive these lyrics are that irks me

Album Rating: 4.5

My emphasis on lyrics is why so many here see my taste as "boring" - but it's not that I'm boring, I just have a different approach than many do.

It also has a lot to do with the kind of music I listen to, which is mostly singer/songwriter stuff or genres like country and indie rock where the lyricists are essentially singer/songwriters in their approach.