Last summer, at the end of an extensive world tour, Sigur Rós finally returned to their homeland and played a series of free concerts around Iceland. The concerts took place in a variety of unusual venues that ranged from an abandoned fish factory, to a protest camp at the site of a controversial dam, to a small community hall in a remote village.
The entire visit was filmed and the result is Heima, a rare cinematic treat. Sigur Rós' haunting wall of sound set against superbly shot landscapes together with intimate interviews, offers a captivating insight into the band’s music, their inspiration and the place they call home.
Heima is out on DVD on 5 November 2007 and as if that wasn’t enough to look forward to, Hvarf/Heim, a new double album (one half electric, one half acoustic) will also be released on the same day. Turn the volume up, take a look at the trailer below and when that music begins we defy you not to be moved:
We'd recommend that you watch the quicktime version of the trailer here
if only the world would
understand and appreciate
what we have.
Posted by: greg | 04/12/2007 at 11:17
Amen brother.
What Iceland offers to the world is a picture of music creation away from the incessant drum beat of commercial gain.
Iceland is highly musical culture. A singing society. From an early age children sing together in pre-school. Heck, one of the Sigur Ros band members was one of my daughter's pre-school teachers when we lived Reykjavik.
Peace,
Doug
Posted by: Douglass Turner | 07/10/2007 at 03:02