Perfection.

Valtari

After having waited what felt like a life time to hear the new Sigur Ros album, anticipating any new releases long before its name was even announced, I have finally had a chance to listen to hear the legendary Icelandic post-rock group’s latest album an entire week before its release. Despite my love for the band, I was a little worried going in. So many bands I’ve loved for the longest time have had pretty lackluster releases within the last year, and I really hoped that any group so close to my heart wouldn’t fall into the same pit, releasing something so anticipated that could’ve been so much better. Hopefully, they wouldn’t delve too deep into their recent poppy style and lose all that made them unique, as its hard to imagine them sinking so low. But as soon as I started listening to the album, my reservations were completely dissipated.

Valtari is a beautiful record, and the group are definitely taking a step into the right direction.

In a lot of ways, Valtari actually sounds like a more cohesive, efficient, and comprehensible version of their first album, Von. Similar to that record, the music is mostly composed of very soothing and dreamy soundscapes that sometimes build to a wonderful crescendo in the classical Sigur Ros style, but the soundscapes, rather than being almost entirely made by wonderful Orchestras and feed-backing bowed-guitar, are created through electronic samples and keyboards. But unlike Von, the songs are filled with more arrangements, and the sound is much grander and more epic, not allowing everything else to be drenched in the almost foggy amount of atmospheric sounds. It almost sounds like a combination of the best melodes of (), andTakk… wrapped in the composition style of Von, and the result is one of Sigur Ros’s best works to date.

More in depth review coming soon.

Some are born to enjoy luxuries and comfort and some to face struggles and pain. Be it any pain, take it like a luxury offered to you by almighty, smile and take it like you were dying to have it ; ) Condition will remain unchanged but attitude will make all the difference.

I think letting you go was the smartest decision I ever made. Even though I loved you so much, I just couldn’t deal with the pain. And the times we spent together, holding each other, were the best times of my life. But no matter how much I wanted to keep you in my arms, I couldn’t. I couldn’t hold on to you, knowing that all you were going to do was hurt me. But right now, even though I still love you, I don’t need you anymore. I don’t need you to complete me. I just need you to comfort me when I’m sad, support me, and listen to me when I talk. So I guess what I’m saying is, I’m sad we’re over. But I’m glad I’ve let go

It’s sad to look back at old conversations and wonder what changed, maybe nothing changed and you like to think it’s your idea but things aren’t just the way they used to be before.