Album Of The Day: ( ) by Sigur Rós

Album Art of Sigur Ros's ( ) album - On a white background, two large, rounded parentheses '( )' are taking up most of the space, and inside of these letters is some black-and-white art, though it's hard to determine exactly what is pictured. It is likely just some sort of natural textures taken from photographs layered on top of each other. Then printed in black at the bottom center is the band's name in a handwritten script.

Released 24 years ago today, this is the third studio album by Icelandic post-rock band Sigur Rós. The first album I heard from this group, I immediately loved it. Much of it is slower, atmospheric instrumentals and occasional vocals speaking Icelandic or gibberish, I'm not really sure which. The CD came without any track listing or liner notes, but contains 8 tracks at over 70 minutes long that are commonly just referred to as "Untitled" numbers 1 through 8. It works great as background music for me, but also can certainly also hold your attention as a more focused listen as well. The music is very dynamic; sometimes the music is just a low drone of the guitars with some drums and then more guitars kick in, Jónsi lets out a singing yell and it's a raging cacophony of rock music. It might not be for everyone, but I think you should check this album out. I have the CD I bought within a year of the album's release and a 20th Anniversary Vinyl set that came out 4 years ago.

Release Year: 2002
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A photo of a rotund white man from the shoulders up, wearing a bright blue T-shirt and having a beard and mustache. He's holding a CD in a jewel case with a parenthesis cut out of the plastic out sleeve. He also is holding in the same hand a larger LP-sized white box with a similarly cut parenthesis hole showing some black-and-white art inside the cutout area.

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