A couple of months ago, Jón Þór Birgisson (or better known as Jónsi), frontman of Icelandic post-rockers Sigur Rós, released an instrumental record/art collaboration with boyfriend/partner Alex Somers titled Riceboy Sleeps under the moniker of Jónsi & Alex. While newsworthy, the first single didn’t really do so much to satisfy any casual fan of Sigur Rós, and really just came off as nothing more than a throwaway artistic endeavor.
I suppose that project was just a warm-up for what would now be assumed as a proper solo record titled Go, which will be released on March 23 via XL. An MP3 of which had been made available on Jónsi’s website, and finds that familiar high-pitched falsetto now singing in English as opposed to the made-up Hopelandic language that we’ve become accustomed to. That being said, I still don’t know what the man is singing about.
From listening to the song, it seems to not drastically sway from the Sigur Rós formula, but still goes big and grandiose with it’s sound with strings and bird-chirp sounding flutes (whatever it is, I obviously don’t know my instruments too well). It’s could almost be overwhelming, as if slapping you in the face, but it works.
MP3: Jónsi :: “Boy Lilikoi”
MP3: Jónsi & Alex :: “Boy 1904″
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