What's happening with the new Sigur Ros album?
The relevent parts:
"Well, we're kind of bored with making it so we want the album to come out ASAP, September - October 2002 even. What we have still to do is Kjartan's guitar and organ parts and then all vocals. We have a month to do all that as we have booked a studio in England to mix the album. We booked Peter Gabriel's Real World studio in Bath from the 15th of June."
Yay!
"I would say that the main difference is that this time the production will be less polished. The sound will be much more bare and alive. And far fewer little slick things and much less sweet stuff. I think playing the songs a lot at concerts and then recording them hasn't been a very thrilling experience for us. I think next time we'll record the songs as we make them. Try to keep them fresh for us."
Hmmm...I'm a little curious what he means here. I guess I never really considered anything off of
Agaetis Byrjun as "polished". Most of their songs are drenched in enough of a thick haze that it keeps the music from sounding overly clean. I hope they're not trying to say that they want a more stripped down sound. I think what made
Agaetis Byrjun sound so animated was the interplay between all those earth-shaking low frequencies, fuzzed-out roars, and pretty orchestral elements. It was a sound made up of extremes, and I'm not sure if I see it working with an increased emphasis on rawness. The "less sweet stuff" thing concerns me as well, especially if it means less "Svefn g englar" and "Staralfur" and more "Flugufrelsarinn". That can't really be a good thing, can it?
