Valtari

Valtari
Studio album by Sigur Rós
Publication (s)	May 20, 2012 (Japan) May 28, 2012 (Europe) May 29, 2012 (North America)
Label (s)	XL Recordings , EMI
Format (s)	CD , LP
Genre (s)	Post rock , ambient
Title (number)	8th
running time	54:16
production	Sigur Rós , Alex Somers
chronology Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust (2008) Valtari Kveikur (2013)
Single release Ekki Mukk

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Albums

Valtari   DE 23 06/11/2012 (2 weeks)   AT 39 06/08/2012 (1 week)   CH 15th 06/10/2012 (4 weeks)   UK 8th 06/09/2012 (3 weeks)   US 7th 06/16/2012 (4 weeks)

Valtari ([ ˈval̥tarɪ ], isl . For "roller") is the sixth regular studio album by the Icelandic band Sigur Rós and was released at the end of May 2012.

publication

In May 2009 the band announced a new studio album for 2010. However, the recordings were discarded and in the following years singer Jónsi was busy with the completion of his solo album Go and the soundtrack for the film We buy a zoo .

In March 2012 the new release date was announced and the first single Ekki Múkk was also made available as a stream on the band's website. The whole album was played on May 17, 2012 in an action called Valtari Hour on the band's homepage and on various radio stations. The fans were asked to share their impressions of the album on the internet.

Reviews

Valtari has a metascore of 74% so far , based on 26 reviews. So the album still has the rating "Generally favorable" ( generally recommended ), but it does a little worse than the band's previous albums.

Track list

1. Ég Anda - 6:15
2. Ekki Múkk - 7:45
3. Varúð - 6:37
4. Rembihnútur - 5:05
5. Dauðalogn - 6:37
6. Varðeldur - 6:08
7. Valtari - 8:19
8. Fjögur píanó - 7:50

The Valtari Mystery Film Experiment

Instead of conventional video shoots, the band decided to provide a dozen filmmakers with a budget and let them implement their creative ideas without any further requirements. The first video in this series, called The Valtari Mystery Film Experiment , was shot by Ragnar Kjartansson and premiered on March 21, 2012.

date	song	Director
March 21, 2012	Ég Anda	Ragnar Kjartansson
June 6, 2012	Varúð	Inga Birgisdóttir
June 18, 2012	Fjögur píanó	Alma Har'el
2nd July 2012	Rembihnútur	Arni & Kinski
July 16, 2012	Ég Anda	Ramin Bahrani
July 31, 2012	Varúð	Ryan mginley
August 13, 2012	Varðeldur	Melika Bass
August 28, 2012	Dauðalogn	Henry Jun Wah Lee
September 12, 2012	seraph	Dash Shaw & John Cameron Mitchell
September 24, 2012	Ekki Mukk	Nick Abrahams
October 8, 2012	Dauðalogn	Ruslan Fedotov
October 15, 2012	Fjögur píanó	Anafelle Liu, Dio Lau & Ken Ngan
October 22, 2012	Varðeldur	Clare Langan
November 13, 2012	Valtari	Christian Larson
November 20, 2012	Varúð	Bjorn Flóki
December 7, 2012	Solace feat. Dauðalogn & Varúð	Floria Sigismondi

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Charts DE Charts AT Charts CH Charts UK Charts US
2. ↑ Sigur Ros ready new album - The band say new music is more 'out there' nme.com (accessed May 28, 2012)
3. ↑ Valtari hour sigur-ros.co.uk (accessed May 28, 2012)
4. ↑ Valtari Hour: Sigur Rós premiere new album drownedinsound.com (accessed May 28, 2012)
5. ↑ Sigur Rós to Stream Valtari on Thursday pitchfork.com (accessed on May 28, 2012)
6. ↑ Valtari metacritic.com (accessed June 1, 2012)
7. ↑ the valtari mystery film experiment sigur-ros.co.uk (accessed December 6, 2012)
8. ↑ Sigur Rós: Shia LaBeouf naked in the new video laut.de (accessed on June 20, 2012)