Advantages: Great sound, sturdy, easy to use Disadvantages: Only runs off mains power
Before I got my iPod and sounddock, I was one of those who refuses to subscribe to the technological revolution. Prefering hi-fi and compact disc to the digital music phenomenon. However, within a week (once I'd worked out how to use it), I was hooked on my iPod and once I got the sound-dock, there was no turning back. I think it's fairly safe to say that the era of compact disc players and tape decks is over... The only reason I still have a normal cd player in my house is to listen to the radio, and those few albums that I just haven't got around to putting on my iPod yet.
The Bose sound-dock is a piece of mastery in the area of audio technology. Beautiful, sleek and streamlined; it's large frontal speaker provides both volume and sound quality. The music I play on the sound-dock sounds almost incomparably better than CDs ...
Advantages: Sonic bliss from Iceland's best export Disadvantages: Should eight tracks cover 72 minutes?
With a breakthrough album in Ágætis Byrjun under their belt, Sigur Rós set about their third album, ( ), at their newly converted swimming pool studio in Mosfellsbær. ( ) is quite a departure from their usual sound, with the possible exceptions of tracks 4 & 8, in that it is very minimalist in both sound and production. The signature landscape of sound is still there, but with a rawer, truer quality than that of Ágætis Byrjun. The album is split in two halves by a 30 second pause; the first half comprises the 'light and optimistic' songs whilst the second is the bleaker side, though both halves sound chilly. None of the tracks have titles: Sigur Rós wanted the listeners to create their own titles based on their own interpretations. The following are taken from the unofficial Sigur Rós website, Eighteen Seconds Before Sunrise:
"We ...
Aufwiedersehen 07.02.2006
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Advantages: 8 beautifully crafted tracks, emotionally moving Disadvantages: None at all
What an intriguing, engrossing, delightful set of songs. As Sigur Ros slip more and more in to the musical mainstream, it often pays to look at the back catalogue to see the true roots of a band. With Sigur Ros, this is less a good idea and more a necessity.
Whatever you want to call it (The Brackets album, The Untitled Album, or simply '( )'), this album is utterly sublime. I've often listened to this thinking that no words could describe the music and subsequent moods and emotions it generates, which is not so good when reviewing the album! But I'll give it a go.
'( )', as I shall refer to it from now on, is more an experience than just a set of tracks. From what I've heard by them, it is the best album Sigur Ros have produced. Twice the album 'Takk' is anyway. At 8 tracks, it falls short of the usual number of tracks on their ...
nineinchneals 29.08.2008
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