
Sigur Rós announce 20th anniversary reissue of ( ) featuring unreleased demos
Sigur Rós are reissuing their third album ( ) to celebrate its 20th anniversary, and it’ll feature a series of unreleased demos.
The 20th anniversary reissue has been remastered by engineer Ted Jenson at Sterling Sound, and to accompany the announcement, Sigur Rós have unveiled a Jacobs Studios Sessions version of “Untitled #7”, aka "Dauðalagið".
The 20th anniversary release will feature unheard studio sessions of existing tracks, as well as two b-sides from the original "Untitled 1" single.
( ) was recorded in Álafoss, Iceland in an empty swimming pool, and followed their 1999 album Ágætis byrjun.
Back in February Sigur Rós reunited with their former keyboardist Kjartan Sveinsson nearly a decade after he left the band, and also appeared to tease that they’re working on a new album, their first since 2013's Kveikur, which is due to arrive in 2023.
Tracklist:
- Untitled #1 - Vaka (The name of Orri's daughter)
- Untitled #2 - Fyrsta (The first song)
- Untitled #3 - Samskeyti (Attachment)
- Untitled #4 - Njósnavélin (The Spy Machine)
- Untitled #5 - Alafoss (The location of the band's studio)
- Untitled #6 - E-bow [Georg uses an E-bow on this song]
- Untitled #7 - Dauðalagið (The Death Song)
- Untitled #8 — Popplagið (The Pop Song)
- Untitled #7 (Jacobs Studio Sessions)
- Untitled #6” (Jacobs Studio Sessions)
- Untitled #8 (Jacobs Studio Sessions)
- Untitled #9 - Smáskífa 1 (Small Disc 1)
- Untitled #9 - Smáskífa 2 (Small Disc 2)
- Untitled #9 - Smáskífa 3 (Small Disc 3)
Sigur Rós’ 20th anniversary version of ( ) will arrive digitally on 28 October, and physical copies will follow on 25 November. Pre-order now.
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