Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust | ||||
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Studio album by Sigur Rós | ||||
Released | 20 June 2008 | |||
Recorded | January–April 2008 at Sundlaugin, Abbey Road Studios and Langholtskirkja | |||
Genre | Dream pop, indie rock, art rock, post-rock, folk rock | |||
Length | 55:36 | |||
Label | EMI, XL Recordings | |||
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Music video from the album | ||||
"Við spilum endalaust" | ||||
Sigur Rós chronology | ||||
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Singles from Við spilum endalaust | ||||
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 81/100 |
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AllMusic | |
The A.V. Club | A |
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Mojo | |
NME | 6/10 |
Pitchfork Media | 7.5/10 |
Q | |
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Spin |
Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust (Icelandic: [mɛð ˈsʏːð i ˈeiːrʏm vɪð ˈspɪːlʏm ˈɛntaløyst], METH SOOTH EE AY-room VITH SPEE-loom END-ə-loost, With a Buzz in Our Ears We Play Endlessly) is the fifth full-length studio album by the Icelandic band Sigur Rós, released on June 23, 2008.
All the lyrics for the album were originally intended to be in English, but in the end the band decided that Icelandic felt more natural to them. Some lyrics were translated back into Icelandic, while some songs got completely new texts. It is the band's first album to feature a track sung in English ("All Alright"). The first track on the album, "Gobbledigook", premiered on Zane Lowe's BBC Radio 1 music show in the UK on May 27, 2008. "Festival" was premiered on Colin Murray's Radio 1 show on June 3, 2008. "Inní mér syngur vitleysingur" was used as the theme tune for Colin Murray's Gold Run, which aired on BBC Radio 5 Live during the run-up to the 2012 Summer Olympics.