tracklisting
04/09/2002

okay, it’s time for more details on ( ), the new sigur rós album. the album is divided in half: the first half is the “quiet” half, composed of 4 sweet and fragile songs, while the second half is the “heavy” half, composed of 4 bleaker, more melancholic and intense songs. after the first 4 songs, there is a brief period of silence to signify this division. as has been mentioned before, the songs on the album have no official names but being the analytical nerds that we are, we’re of course aware of the band’s working titles for these songs, so we can construct a tracklisting for you. you can download live clips of the songs on the music downloads page so you can see which song is which and to get a general idea of how the album is constructed. the duration of the album’s tracks varies from 6:33 to 12:54 mins. so without further ado, here is the official tracklisting of ( ):
1. vaka / 2. fyrsta / 3. samskeyti / 4. njósnavélin / (break) / 5. álafoss / 6. e-bow / 7. the death song / 8. the pop song