History Music / SigurRos

* LimitedLyricsSong: Taken UpToEleven with ''( )'', where ''every single song'' has the same lyrics, which is one line repeated in several different ways. See SingingSimlish below.

* Kjarri (Kjartan Sveinsson) - keyboards, guitar, flute, backing vocals, orchestral arrangements (1998-2013, 2022-)

* Music/{{Jonsi}} (Jón Þór Birgisson) - vocals, guitar, keyboards
* Goggi (Georg Hólm) - bass, glockenspiel, [[OverlyNarrowSuperlative the band's best English speaker]]

* Kjarri (Kjartan Sveinsson) - keyboards, guitar, flute, backing vocals, orchestral arrangements (1998-2012)

* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: Jónsi takes a crack at English-language lyrics with "All Alright". Apart from a bit of a thick accent, he doesn't fare that bad. Actually, the entire ''Með suð'' album could count, since they ventured out of their Icelandic studio, worked with a different producer and toned down their immense sound somewhat.
** ''Kveikur'' took the band DarkerAndEdgier than anyone expected, and has the band singing about the horrors of the apocalypse.
** "Óveður" has a distinctly more electronic sound than the rest of their output.

* ContemptibleCover: The naked butts on the cover of ''Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust''. Not a marketing ploy, and not intended to shock or titillate; they're just really into naturism (as evidenced in the decidedly NSFW video for "Gobbledigook"). Still, it's gotta be awkward when someone unfamiliar with the band stumbles across it while perusing your music collection.

* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: The band generally stays low, in the 1-5 range.
** ''Ágætis byrjun'' has its heavy moments due to its frequent droning, particularly "Hjartað hamast (bamm bamm bamm)", whose whose DroneOfDread ending could merit a 10.
** "Glósóli" climaxes at a hard 7.
** "Brennisteinn" is roughly an 8, and if it weren't for the vocals could even be a 9. "Kveikur" teeters between 8-9 up until the climax where it stays a solid 9, and reaches 10 from when you hear Jónsi's guitar ''screaming''.
** Skyrocketed [[ReadingsAreOffTheScale beyond 11]] with the [[LastNoteNightmare last two minutes]] of "Di do", which wouldn't have made it on the scale otherwise.

The ''[[Music/{{Bjork}} other]]'' famous musical act from UsefulNotes/{{Iceland}}, Sigur Rós are an AlternativeRock band commonly classified as "[[PostRock post-rock]]", known for their ethereal sound and frontman Jónsi Birgisson's distinctive falsetto voice.

* ItIsPronouncedTroPay: According to their Web site, it's pronounced: "si-ur (see-oor) roas (as in roast)."

* {{Mondegreen}}:
** The most famous Hopelandic word to ever exist—"tjú"[[note]]Fun fact: this is actually an Icelandic utterance equivalent to cooing, especially [[CutenessProximity before a baby!]][[/note]]—has been commonly interpreted as "It's you", especially with its liberal use in "Svefn-g-englar".
** The entirety of the lyrics of ''( )'' come from the same Hopelandic phrase -- "You xylo. You xylo no fi lo. You so." -- in different forms, leading to common hearings like "You sigh low".
** So far not much dispute has arisen from this online, but most lyric websites show the hook to "Kveikur" transcribed as ''þú kveikir mig'' [[note]]"you ignite me"[[/note]]. Sigurrós, Jónsi's youngest sister (incidentally the one that named the band), posted [[https://www.instagram.com/p/BG1L-aOqAmL/?taken-by=sigurroselin an Instagram picture of one of their set lists in 2016]] with an opposite page that shows the hook transcribed as ''nú kveikjum í'' [[note]]this goes somewhere along the lines of "now we ignite"—a native Icelandic speaker can revise this as needed.[[/note]].

* {{Adorkable}}: They are infamous for being terrible at interviews. Jónsi especially fits this trope to a T since he's like a little child in an adult's body.

->''[[LyricalTic Tjúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúú...]]''

!Sigur Tropes:

** ''Takk...'' opens with a TitleTrack that consists of a brief yet lush and stripped-down instrumental reprise of "Glósóli".

-->''[[LyricalTic Tjúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúú...]]''

* ''We Play Endlessly'' (2009) - Compilation album of songs from works released after the band signed with Parlophone. Was released for free and packaged with a national newspaper called ''The Independent''.

* LastNoteNightmare: [[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer Holy shit.]] For a band that seems to be {{WAFF}} incarnate, this happens a lot.

** After that, the ambient ''Valtari''. Almost the whole album gives off the vibe that the world slows down to it. If you listen to the bonus tracks, especially "Kvistur", you'll even find that it's the perfect setting for Sigur Rós to leap from {{WAFF}} incarnate to the more [[DarkerAndEdgier aggressive, energetic]] sound of ''Kveikur''.

* {{WAFF}}: If one band can be described as this trope, it's most likely them.

Hallmarks of the band's sound include: a wall of guitars, keyboards and violins, Jónsi's high-pitched, [[Music/CocteauTwins Liz Fraser]]-sounding falsetto voice, use of bowed guitar, frequent use of a [[SingingSimlish made-up nonsense language]] named "Vonlenska" ("hopelandic"), dramatic crescendos and dynamics, and success despite the fact that most of their audience most likely doesn't understand a lick of their lyrics. Yes, they're ''[[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic that good]]''.

** Amplifying its SugarWiki/{{Heartwarming|Moments}} status, "Glósóli" climaxes at a hard 7.

* MundaneMadeAwesome: They write majestic-sounding songs about the oddest things. Case in point: probably their most popular song "Hoppípolla", an incredible piece that even non-fans consider SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic - it's about how much Jónsi enjoys jumping in puddles, even though it gives him a nosebleed.

** "Viðrar vel til loftárása" is Icelandic for "Good weather for an airstrike", which title-wise is in a completely different universe from the [[{{Gayngst}} song]] [[TearJerker it]][[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments self]]. The band got the title from a weatherman sarcastically reporting "Today: good weather for an airstrike" while NATO was bombing Serbia during [[UsefulNotes/TheYugoslavWars the Kosovo War]]. (In a freaky coincidence, ''Ágætis byrjun'' was actually released on 12 June 1999, the day Slobodan Milošević agreed to withdraw the Serbian forces and UN peacekeepers began being deployed in Kosovo.)

* SingingSimlish: The band sometimes uses a made-up language called Vonlenska/Hopelandic in their songs, although they also use Icelandic, and it speaks volumes about their talents considering that the language [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic does absolutely nothing to undermine the music's quality]].

-->''[[LyricalTic tjúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúú...]]''

After recruiting classically trained keyboardist Kjartan Sveinsson, the band released ''Ágætis byrjun'' in 1999. It was with this album that the band perfected its SignatureStyle, fully integrating Kjarri's lush orchestration with their DreamPop[=/=]{{Shoegazing}} sound and introducing Jónsi's method of playing his guitar with a cello bow (a method previously popularised by [[Music/LedZeppelin Jimmy Page]]) for a more atmospheric sound. The replacement of drummer Ágúst with Orri Páll Dýrason shortly after the album's release proved not to be too dramatic. They recorded two more albums with largely the same musical style during the early-to-mid-2000s, ''( )'' and ''Takk...'', swinging between DarkerAndEdgier and LighterAndSofter, before settling for a more stripped-down, direct sound with ''Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust'' in 2008.

* '''''Ágætis byrjun''''' (1999) - "An Alright Start"

-->''[[BrickJoke ...úúúúúúúúúúúúú]][[IncrediblyLongNote úúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúú]][[OverlyLongGag úúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúú]]''

** The intro of ''Ágætis byrjun'' ends with the same rumble and submarine-esque beep heard throughout the next song, "Svefn-g-englar".
** ''Takk...'' has multiple examples:

*** "Starálfur".

*** Inversions: "Dögun", which starts with a blast of HarshNoise reeling from the end of the previous track and then softens up later on; "Brennisteinn", and "Hryggjarsúla".

%%* WhamLine: ''Og ég fæ [[{{Nosebleed}} blóðnasir]]...''

** "Untitled #8 (Popplagið)" is basically [[EpicRocking eleven minutes]] of this, making it perfect for BigRockEnding their major live gigs.

** In ''Heima'', this trope is the exact reason why the band and their buddy string quartet Amiina decided to record "Gítardjamm" in an abandoned herring cannery in Djúpavík.

Sigur Rós albums so far are:
* ''Von'' (1997) - "Hope"

* ''Ágætis byrjun'' (1999) - "An Alright Start"
* ''( )'' (2002)
* ''Takk...'' (2005) - "Thanks..."
* ''Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust'' (2008) - "With a Buzz in Our Ears We Play Endlessly"
* ''Valtari'' (2012) - "Steamroller"
* ''Kveikur'' (2013) - "Wick"

Assorted other releases include:

There are also two [[{{Rockumentary}} documentary]]/concert [=DVDs=]:

* ''Inni'' (2011), which was filmed at a concert they did in London in 2008, [[LeFilmArtistique shot in black-and-white with arty camera angles]], and interspersed with some archive footage of the band.

** ''Ágætis byrjun'' has one.

** "Rukrym" is an excerpted segment of "Myrkur" played in reverse.
* SurprisinglyGoodEnglish: "All Alright".
** The majority of Jónsi's solo album ''Go''.

** The intro of ''Ágætis byrjun'' ends with the same rumble and submarine-esque beep heard in the next song, "Svefn-g-englar".

** "Ágætis byrjun" → [[SdrawkcabName "Nujryb Sitæga"]].

* SdrawkcabName: "Rukrym," a HiddenTrack on ''Von'', which is fittingly the a section of the song "Myrkur" [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin played backwards.]]
** The AlbumIntroTrack to ''Ágætis byrjun'' is sometimes referred to by the band as "Nujryb Sitægá".

** "Rukrym".

* ItsPronouncedTroPAY: According to their Web site, it's pronounced: "si-ur (see-oor) roas (as in roast)."

* {{Mondegreen}}: The most famous Hopelandic word to ever exist—"tjú"[[note]]Fun fact: this is actually an Icelandic utterance equivalent to cooing, especially [[CutenessProximity before a baby!]][[/note]]—has been commonly interpreted as "It's you", especially with its liberal use in "Svefn-g-englar".
** ''You sigh low...''

* SubliminalSeduction: The intro of ''Ágætis byrjun'' is an excerpted segment of the album's TitleTrack played in reverse sans its lead vocal track.

** The live album ''Inni'' also features "Lúppulagið" (The Loop Song), which would eventually become "Varðeldur" on ''Valtari''.

* WhamLine: ''Og ég fæ [[{{Nosebleed}} blóðnasir]]...''

* Music/{{Jonsi}} (Jón Þór Birgisson) - vocals, guitar, keyboards, harmonica

*** Inversions: "Dögun", which starts with a blast of HarshNoise and softens up later on; "Brennisteinn", and "Hryggjarsúla".

Hallmarks of the band's sound include: a wall of guitars, keyboards and violins, Jónsi's high-pitched, [[Music/CocteauTwins Liz Fraser]]-sounding falsetto voice, use of bowed guitar, frequent use of a [[SingingSimlish made-up nonsense language]] named "Vonlenska" ("hopelandic"), dramatic crescendos and dynamics, and success despite the fact that most of their audience most likely doesn't understand a lick of their lyrics. Yes, they're ''[[CrowningMusicOfAwesome that good]]''.

** Amplifying its CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming status, "Glósóli" climaxes at a hard 7.

* MundaneMadeAwesome: They write majestic-sounding songs about the oddest things. Case in point: probably their most popular song "Hoppípolla", an incredible piece that even non-fans consider CrowningMusicOfAwesome - it's about how much Jónsi enjoys jumping in puddles, even though it gives him a nosebleed.

* [[Music/{{Jonsi}} Jónsi]] (Jón Þór Birgisson) - vocals, guitar, keyboards, harmonica

* Orri Páll Dýrason - drums, keyboards (1999-present)