we're always kind of getting ahead of ourselves. JГіnsi: 'it would be a lot more fun if we could play only new songs at the icelandic opera house. we use the rehearsal time to write new songs instead of rehearsing the old ones, so we usually play more new songs at concerts.' Georg: 'we find it a bit difficult to do the same thing twice so we often have trouble rehearsing songs for concerts. On rehearsing for icelandic opera house concert Georg: 'we rather imagine people listening to the album sitting at home. the songs are probably a bit too long for radio.

it could of course have been even better. Georg: 'it's as good as it can be with the time and money that we have. JГіnsi: 'when we are satisfied, when we feel it works and everything comes together right.' the new album was supposed to come out last christmas but it just wasn't ready.' we were going to top bubbi and make three albums in one year. 'i promise the album will be released before the new millenium,' jГіnsi says and smiles. jГіnsi says they've decided they're going to record next album more quickly this time. sigur rГіs's recording process is more time consuming, as von's unusually long recording time would suggest. jГіnsi says sigur rГіs's recording process isn't the typical one, as in writing and rehearsing songs, then recording them all in one go. they begin recording the bass and drums and will then start working on the arrangements.

Sigur rГіs is now in the studio recording songs for their next album. jГіn ГѕГіr: 'he is mostly a session player and although doesn't write the songs with us he's an essential component to our live act.' Kjartan sveinsson accompanied the band on stage playing flute and piano. the band expects the upcoming album will be more delicate than von. after all, the new album took 3 years to finish. jГіn ГѕГіr says he can't say when the album will come out. most of the songs played at the concert will be on the band's upcoming album. he's performed with us at a lot of concerts and has added a fourth dimension to the band.' undirtГіnar review, october 1997 we do have an assistant, a boy named kjartan, who has helped us a lot. 'three is a great number and i don't think we can imagine adding another member. Sigur rГіs is a trio and according to jГіn ГѕГіr the band plans to keep it that way, as they are a very tight knit group.

but considering how long it took to record von, i don't think we should say anything about when it will be released.' jГіn ГѕГіr: 'actually we have already begun recording the next album. the band expects this album to be less dark than the new album. morgunblaГ°iГ° 7 september 1997ДЄccording to jГіn ГѕГіr, sigur rГіs have already begun preparing their next album. among other things, the band mentions that the recording process was quicker than usual and that they would've liked to have had more time to finish the album, which the band describes as 'pretty good' and 'could have been better'. Below are some interesting excerpts from articles and interviews with the band around the time they were recording ГѓВЎgГѓВ¦tis byrjun.

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