Sigur Rós's ( )

by Ethan Hayden

Words like "inspiring," "expansive," and "moving" are regularly used to describe Sigur R s's ( ), and yet the only words heard on the record itself are a handful of meaningless nonsense syllables. The album has no title--or rather, its title is no title: just an empty pair of parentheses. The intention being that listeners will fill in the parentheses with their own title, their own interpretation of the sounds on the record. The CD sleeve...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1623568927
• ISBN13: 9781623568924
• Release Date: August 2014
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 4.7" x 6.4"