Well I searched and found an older topic, but that was dealing with ticket sales in US so I thought I'd throw in my two cents.
Went and saw them in Brisbane, Australia the past Friday night and it totally blew me away. Right up the front, girlfriend was at the 1st row, I was behind and friends around us.. one of the guys we went with had the album (leaked most presumably since I am grabbing it now) and we had a chance to listen to Glósóli which is their 1st single and available to download in a week or so.
The tracklist seemed to resemble those that have been played in Euro and earlier parts of Australia. Anticipation for the damn thing was, as a friend so eloquently put it; "the wait between Amina and Sigur Rós was like a crap handjob from your girlfriend - slow and tedious." Then before they came on they dragged that white veil fabric screen with lights showcasing their shadows on it that they've been doing lately to play with on Glosoli. Two words - fucking incredible. I'm sure it made many people cry like little babies again, and then they hopped straight into Ný Batterí which surprised me since back when they first came big I thought they rarely played it but I was happy. Then they played a few new ones - not too sure exactly.
Most emotional part was when they did Njósnavélin (untitled #4), into Vaka (untitled #1) and then ended it with Viðrar Vel Til Loftárása. I was in tears and I'm sure everyone else was. Pretty sure they played Gong after that, end of set, out for an encore and Kjartan started playing the first chords of Popplagið (untitled #8) with quite a lot of cheers going up. Up the veil of fabric went back up, awesomeness reigned supreme and a chick halfway through the set yelled out something which kinda summed up the entire night, "we're not worthy!" with Jonsi giving a sly grin in his usual eyes-closed state.
Apparently they were set to play Olsen and another song in the encore but they must've skipped it and I just missed the damn set list by a grab and a half so I couldn't make sure. Other than that, it kicked so much arse.
Went and saw them in Brisbane, Australia the past Friday night and it totally blew me away. Right up the front, girlfriend was at the 1st row, I was behind and friends around us.. one of the guys we went with had the album (leaked most presumably since I am grabbing it now) and we had a chance to listen to Glósóli which is their 1st single and available to download in a week or so.
The tracklist seemed to resemble those that have been played in Euro and earlier parts of Australia. Anticipation for the damn thing was, as a friend so eloquently put it; "the wait between Amina and Sigur Rós was like a crap handjob from your girlfriend - slow and tedious." Then before they came on they dragged that white veil fabric screen with lights showcasing their shadows on it that they've been doing lately to play with on Glosoli. Two words - fucking incredible. I'm sure it made many people cry like little babies again, and then they hopped straight into Ný Batterí which surprised me since back when they first came big I thought they rarely played it but I was happy. Then they played a few new ones - not too sure exactly.
Most emotional part was when they did Njósnavélin (untitled #4), into Vaka (untitled #1) and then ended it with Viðrar Vel Til Loftárása. I was in tears and I'm sure everyone else was. Pretty sure they played Gong after that, end of set, out for an encore and Kjartan started playing the first chords of Popplagið (untitled #8) with quite a lot of cheers going up. Up the veil of fabric went back up, awesomeness reigned supreme and a chick halfway through the set yelled out something which kinda summed up the entire night, "we're not worthy!" with Jonsi giving a sly grin in his usual eyes-closed state.
Apparently they were set to play Olsen and another song in the encore but they must've skipped it and I just missed the damn set list by a grab and a half so I couldn't make sure. Other than that, it kicked so much arse.
. which album of them should I buy first?