This week we have a staff recommendation from… me! My name is Glen and I’m buyer here at eil.com, and have recently rediscovered my love for Sigur Ros – and post-rock in general – on the back of a picking up a recent collection. My recommendation for you is Takk.
“Takk arrived at a time when I was only interested in either the most aggressive music possible, or whatever emo band was cool at the time (I was 22, ok…) but from the moment I heard Hoppipolla I needed to know more about this glorious music I was hearing.
“It was unlike anything else I had ever heard. The lyrics were in their Sigur Ros’ own dialect, but I didn’t that to connect to it as it was just another layer of instrumentation among sweeping keys, bowed guitars, and uplifting string sections. It often gets called their ‘rock’ album, and while it is a far cry from a Motley Crue record, it did introduce me to the magic of the post rock genre
“Sigur Ros get a lot of hype, and a lot of it came off the back of Takk, but 15 years on from it, every positive word that was written about it was is absolutely justified.”
SIGUR ROS Takk… 2005 UK strictly limited edition 11-track double LP pressed on Heavyweight Vinyl, written and performed by the band and co-produced with Ken Thomas, complete with bonus 1-sided etched 10″ single featuring the track 3A Milano, presented in a lavish die-cut & embossed gatefold picture sleeve with printed inner bags. Both the sleeve and the vinyl are in stunning near ‘as new’ condition
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- Sigur Ros - Hoppipolla - UK - 7" vinyl - £50.00, $62.50, €59.00 (New Item) (arrived 12-May-2022 15:16)
SIGUR ROS Hoppipolla (2006 UK limited edition 7" single pressed on Heavyweight Vinyl (originally released as a 12" vinyl single in November 2005), taken from their critically acclaimed fourth album 'Takk', as well as featuring on the BBC Planet Earth Documentary series, also including Heysátan, individually number stickered picture sleeve. The sleeve shows minimal wear and the vinyl looks barely played EM673) ** Limited to just 3000 copies **
- Sigur Ros - Ekki Mukk - RSD 2012 - UK - 10" vinyl - £29.99, $37.49, €35.39 (New Item) (arrived 06-Apr-2022 14:57)
SIGUR ROS Ekki Mukk (2012 UK limited edition 2-track 10" single, backed with Kvistur, released as part of Record Store Day, this disc plays from the inside out, picture sleeve. This copy remains SEALED and is in 'as new' condition 10R6860)
- Sigur Ros - Takk - 180gram Vinyl + Bonus 10" - UK - 2-LP vinyl set - £49.99, $62.49, €58.99 (New Item) (arrived 22-Feb-2022 13:28)
SIGUR ROS Takk (2020 UK/EU limited edition three disc deluxe vinyl issue of their much-loved 2005 fourth studio album comprising the ten album tracks pressed on two 180gram Heavyweight Vinyl LPs including the singles Glósóli, Hoppípollaand Sæglópur plus the single sided etched 10” containing Mílanó. All three discs housed inside the original debossed & die-cut sleeve. Although not sealed, remains in a 'near as new' condtion)
- Sigur Ros - Odin’s Raven Magic - UK - 2-LP vinyl set - £21.99, $27.49, €25.95 (New Item) (arrived 22-Feb-2022 13:20)
SIGUR ROS Odin’s Raven Magic (2020 UK limited edition 2-LP set, an orchestral collaboration between Sigur Rós, Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson, Steindór Andersen and Maria Huld Markan Sigfúsdóttir, housed in a picture sleeve which remains in its open hype stickered shrink)
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