MUSIC: Simplicity

It's not often that you read an article that perfectly encapsulates how you react to a piece of music, but strangely this piece in the Guardian today (for me at least) sums up perfects the emotions elicited when listening to the inexplicable music of Sigur ros:

Although their songs suggest epic vistas, they are really about the small things. "Those moments that are really perfect in your life," says Birgisson. "When you hold somebody's hand and spin around. Being with somebody you love and the smell of their hair." Often, it comes back to the simplicity and innocence of childhood. "There's no acting, there's no bullshit, there's no mask," Birgisson says passionately. "I think we seek things that are quite pure, quite honest."

Check out the link to the bands website, where you can download many of the groups tracks including the song staralfur, which was used in P.T Anderson's movie "The Life Aquatic".