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  • Summary: The fifth album for the group was was co-produced by Flood and its first recorded in less than a year.
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  1. Positive: 24 out of 27
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  1. Med sud I eyrum ... is a beautiful collection that blows Sigur Rós beyond the place they come from, geographically and musically.
  2. It's a gorgeous descent for an inimitable group that knows better than most how to deliver its highs high and its lows low.
  3. There's no suppressing the fact that, ironically, in loosening up and stretching their wings they've become a little more earthbound. Where once they conjured up the sound of, um, glaciers drifting across the surface of the moon, occasionally here it lapses into the sound of a wheelie bin being dragged across HMV's backyard.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 28 out of 31
  2. Negative: 0 out of 31
  1. DayneB
    10
    Exceptional... where takk, hvarf/heim, () and agaetis had mostly one kind of emotion, this invokes them all; joy, sadness, love, triumph, beauty, reflection, solitude... Sigur Ros sound like they are finally having fun while doing what they do best. And the results speak for themselves. There are "4minute pop-songs" (those who find this as a negative need to get over yourselves), epic soundscapes (see festival and ara batur) and plenty of moments that reveal themselves as precious with each additional listen. This album sounds the most unique since Von, is both spontaneous and focused which has been missing in their oeuvre so far. Expand
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  2. Vincent
    10
    This band never fails to surprise with the standard of music even if it does wander little from the band's delightful template. It truly is one of the very best bands of our times. If you can't see the beauty on offer here, then you may not actually be alive. Long live Jonsi and co. Beautiful! Expand
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  3. Or With a Buzz in Our Ears We Play Endlessly for those not speaking Icelandic. The album number 5 by the Gwyneth-Paltrow-approved post-rockers kicks off with fantastic **** one of their best singles ever, an ode to life as it is. Inní mér syngur vitleysingur is also charming but this is not enough to call Með suð… a successful record. The feeling of communing with something extraordinary is gradually replaced with boredom. Jónsi cannot draw the listener’s attention but the band’s other members do not help him a lot by making such washy music. Many people will find a haven in this LP but what I find here is just untapped potential. Expand
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