專輯介紹
( ) - Sigur Rós celebrated third album, and for many the most quintessentially “Sigur Rós” record hits its 20th anniversary on October 28th 2022. The album has been remastered by legendary mastering engineer Ted Jenson at Sterling Sound. ( ) is the only album where Jónsi sings entirely in the wordless lyrics of Hopelandic. A desire to elide meaning and allow the listener to bring their own interpretation to the music extends to each of the album eight songs, all of which are nameless. The record is broadly divided into two halves, divided by a critical 36 seconds of silence. The first half of the album is light and optimistic, the second half bleak and melancholic, culminating in the thundering climax of Untitled #8 – the closing song of every Sigur Rós show since it was written in 2000. ( ) was recorded at the band own studio Sundlaugin, in Mosfellsbær outside Reykjavik, in 2002, co-produced by the band with Ken Thomas, who also helmed their breakthrough second album, Agætis Byrjun.
讓你飄浮在夢幻和現實之間，即使知道自己還在作夢，也不想從夢中醒來，因為Sigur Ros將一切編織的那麼瑰麗動人。超越語言藩籬的延伸無限美感，冰島傳奇樂團Sigur Ros，自1997年的《Von》送上最美好開端，令世人驚艷。接下來1999年的《Agatis Byrjun》全球各傳媒送上近滿分推崇，進入各國流行榜之中，沉浸在超凡脫俗的音符之中。單曲〈Svefn-g-englar〉運用在電影《香草天空》、《美麗男孩》、《顛倒世界》、《歐洲歌唱大賽：火焰傳說》和《花神咖啡館》 ；影集《同志亦凡人》、《CSI犯罪現場》、《V星入侵》、《超能少年》；還有《加州打字機》以及Leonardo DiCaprio創作、監製並講述《第十一個小時》兩部紀錄片之中，讓眾傳媒愛不釋手；電影《海海人生》則選用〈Staralfur〉當配樂！
2002年的作品《( )》，直奔冰島冠軍，首度登上美國流行榜。專輯中所有歌曲沒有賦予正確名稱，Sigur Ros要讓樂迷在聆聽每一首歌曲時，自己給予歌曲定義，從主唱Jonsi自創語言中、無邊無際的徜徉在想像裡頭，刻劃出自己最愛的音樂圖像。贏取AP滿分推崇，以及AllMusic(4/5)、洛杉磯時報(3.4/4)、Pitchfork(7.6/10)、NME(7/10)、Q(4/5)、Spin(8/10)、滾石雜誌(4/5)...等傳媒高分推薦！