Valtari
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Studio album by Sigur Rós | ||||
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54:16 |
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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
- Ég Anda - 6:15
- Ekki Múkk - 7:45
- Varúð - 6:37
- Rembihnútur - 5:05
- Dauðalogn - 6:37
- Varðeldur - 6:08
- Valtari - 8:19
- 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 |
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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
- ↑ Charts DE Charts AT Charts CH Charts UK Charts US
- ↑ Sigur Ros ready new album - The band say new music is more 'out there' nme.com (accessed May 28, 2012)
- ↑ Valtari hour sigur-ros.co.uk (accessed May 28, 2012)
- ↑ Valtari Hour: Sigur Rós premiere new album drownedinsound.com (accessed May 28, 2012)
- ↑ Sigur Rós to Stream Valtari on Thursday pitchfork.com (accessed on May 28, 2012)
- ↑ Valtari metacritic.com (accessed June 1, 2012)
- ↑ the valtari mystery film experiment sigur-ros.co.uk (accessed December 6, 2012)
- ↑ Sigur Rós: Shia LaBeouf naked in the new video laut.de (accessed on June 20, 2012)