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Universal acclaim- based on 14 Ratings

  • Summary: This is the first full-length studio release from Icelandic post-rock band Sigur Rós since 2013's Kveikur.
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Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 13
  3. Negative: 0 out of 13
  1. Variety
    Jun 16, 2023
    94
    Like the group’s best work, its amorphous and vaguely defined nature makes it something you can explore again and again and still find something you hadn’t noticed.
  2. musicOMH.com
    Jun 16, 2023
    90
    Átta is an album which demands to be listened to in its entirety, a 56 minute journey which ebbs and flows magnificently. It’s exactly what you’d expect from Sigur Rós, with a few surprises thrown in, and without doubt one of the more welcome comeback stories of the year.
  3. AllMusic
    Aug 31, 2023
    90
    While not the project's most mind-bending or boundary-pushing album, it’s their most stunningly gorgeous, and a successful, timely countermeasure to the symbolic cover art depicting a rainbow in flames.
  4. Exclaim
    Jun 16, 2023
    80
    This might not be the most urgent Sigur Rós album, but it'll surely be remembered as one of their most gorgeous. For a band so well known for all things beautiful, beauty for its own sake is hardly a problem.
  5. New Musical Express (NME)
    Jun 16, 2023
    80
    ‘ÁTTA’ is at least the band’s best album since 2005’s monolithic ‘Takk’ made them a household name, and at most a record that gives Sigur Rós plenty more reason to exist in adding some pure and natural soul to this cold and unfeeling world.
  6. Clash Music
    Jun 16, 2023
    80
    Sigur Ros’ world-building abilities haven’t been dulled by a decade of group inactivity – each moment is laden with colour, and mood.
  7. The Observer (UK)
    Jun 20, 2023
    60
    Átta feels surprisingly unengaging.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8
  1. bjornfloki
    Jun 17, 2023
    10
    Sigur Rós returning to what they do best – gorgeously textured high octane melodrama. After all these years, no one does euphoric meloncholySigur Rós returning to what they do best – gorgeously textured high octane melodrama. After all these years, no one does euphoric meloncholy quite like this band. Hopefully this will not be their last.… Expand
  2. deathbed
    Jun 17, 2023
    10
    Wow! This is a glorious album. Find a quiet place where you can immerse yourself in these beautiful songs.
  4. Lanereds
    Jul 12, 2023
    10
    unexpected, fantastic return.
    masterpiece album
    it will make you smile, excite, cry. take an hour of your time, relax, lie down and enjoy    unexpected, fantastic return.
    masterpiece album
    it will make you smile, excite, cry.
    take an hour of your time, relax, lie down and enjoy these emotions    … Expand
  5. rainer0904
    Jun 17, 2023
    10
    Perfectly crafted sounds, one of the best Sigur Rós albums, if not the best.
  6. fulviu-s
    Jun 25, 2023
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Together with Valtari and ( ), a trilogy of priceless and unparalleled beauty takes shape with ÁTTA. A powerful and moving album (or rather experience), among the band's finest. Out of all the songs, I highlight SKEL, a true masterpiece.… Expand
  7. Jrt2176
    Jun 16, 2023
    8
    This is definitely an album that requires close attention and multiple listens to really grasp its complexity. Not as overtly melodic as someThis is definitely an album that requires close attention and multiple listens to really grasp its complexity. Not as overtly melodic as some of my favorite early work by the band, but taken as a single sprawling composition it's truly beautiful and uplifting.… Expand
  8. Lajaleaa
    Jul 13, 2023
    6
    I mean, I'm not against it, of course, and it is not that I don't follow the existence of this electro-instrumental ambient experimentation,I mean, I'm not against it, of course, and it is not that I don't follow the existence of this electro-instrumental ambient experimentation, etc. It is just that it is not very exciting. There is an admirable size to this project that it kind of makes you stick to it, kind of wanting to watch it and, at least, see it move and breath and evolve and, you know, happen, but with no eyes on the matter, this just sounds like a very long soundtrack to a sensible emancipation of two objects, there is not even a climax to this story, just a long breath that changes in its own rhythm, a very steady rhythm, with reasons that fail to exist. This sensible ambientation would've been more appreciable if there would be a narrative on the production, you know, like an adventure that the very same music offers, and not just a happening that sounds beautiful and careful.… Expand

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