Sigur Ros - Takk

First of all, one word of advice from the wise: DO NOT, I repeat, DO NOT buy any MAXTOR crap if your motherboard runs an nforce4 chipset. NO MATTER WHAT ANYONE ELSE MIGHT CLAIM, they just don't work properly together. Anyhow, the last 4 days of hardware hell are now behind me, and the PC is ticking again.

Back to topic. Sigur Ros, an Icelandic quartet, who in their words perform (Art Rock). If you've seen Vanilla Sky (American version) they feature in that soundtrack. I had only heard those 3 tracks from that OST, but yesterday as I had a £10 off voucher from Virgin, I bought their new album Takk...

All I can say is PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE get it. Everyone. Buy it, beg it, steal it, pirate the mp3s, I don't care. Just get it. It's a mix between soft rock, hard rock, new age, orchestral symphonies, lullaby tunes, and haunting vocals that mean nothing (they sing in Hopelandic, just vocals that make the song sound good. Just like Adiemus or Era).

An album for ambience, an album for loud listening, an album to scream with, or just an album to listen too on the way to work. Enjoy it as you want, but just get it. Now.

Oh and don't watch Inside Man. Stupidest film ever. The fact that a friend of mine thought it was better than Slevin is criminal. Watch that instead.