Kveikur reportedly marks the beginning of a more “aggressive” sound for Iceland’s Sigur Rós. It seems naive – though exciting – to predict that, after the success of their last two albums (perhaps their most accessible and “mainstream” to date), the band might fall back into relying solely on harsh, full-blown, Godspeed!-esque post-rock. Yet almost anything with rhythm would sound more energetic than the heart-wrenchingly…
The festival landscape has undergone major upheaval in the last three years, and Covid’s long-term impact on the music industry…
