Svefn-g-englar

Release Year: 1999
Formats: Digital, LP, CD
Type: Single

  1. Svefn-g-englar [9:11 mins]
  2. Viðrar vel til loftárása [10:13 mins]
  3. Nýja lagið (live at the icelandic opera house, 12.6.99) [9:28 mins]
  4. Syndir guðs (live at the icelandic opera house, 12.6.99) [5:46 mins]

the single was the first uk release for sigur rós, in september 1999. this was the release that grabbed everyone’s attention. the single contains 2 songs from ágætis byrjun, svefn-g-englar and viðrar vel til loftárása, and two songs performed live at the icelandic opera house in reykjavík on june 16th 1999. track 3 is a new song which hasn’t been recorded in a studio and track 4 is from von (1997).