Sonic Level: Sigur Rós

I don't think that people like to remember how the things were before they became meaningful to them. Today, it's 1st of September: 70 years passed since Germans attacked Poland to begin Second World War. Today, Russian politics were celebrating "our common victory in WWII" in Poland, easily forgetting that they were the greatest Nazi supporters before 22th July 1941. I have no anger for German or Russian people, since it's not a nation, but a goverment, that starts the War. But Mr Putin should eat his words with his tie and admit what Mikhail Gorbachev already admitted years ago: when it comes to case of Poland, Russians were simply war agressors.

OK, enough of the politics. Generally, the rule "forget all what is inconvenient" applies on music too. Sigur Rós, the most admired (and, in my opinion, overrated) band in post-rock history has seeds not many people like to recall. This is because 1) Their debut was not a success 2) They were relentless experimentators before turning into rock (pop?) band. Today, they are popular; but who wants to remember that they were making much more intriguing, demanding things? The pre-Kjartan Sveinsson era was filled with gloom rather than space and electricity rather than guitars. That was how Von went into obscurity where still remains.

Don't get me wrong: I love Agaetis Byrjun, I cannot bash Takk, ( ) or anything else despite they are slightly disappointing. But there was only one Von. And, to remind you, it sounds like this:

Sigur Rós - Hún Jörð