Album description: Go is the exhilarating, joyful and fearless solo album from Jón Thor Birgisson, known to the world as Jónsi, the lead singer of Sigur Rós.
Featuring nine songs drawn from the large pool of material amassed by Jónsi during his many years as singer with Sigur Rós, and arranged in collaboration with classical wunderkind Nico Muhly ("one of the hottest composers on the planet" - Daily Telegraph), Go also features sleeve art conceptualised and realised by Jónsi's sisters Inga and Lilja.
My review: I got this album yesterday and it is amazingly beautiful! It's hard to describe, but if you want to 'zone out' and chillax it's a brilliant piece of musical art to listen to. The production is amazing, the melodies are haunting and beautiful, it's such a cocktail of so many things, the vocals are almost angelic, the drumming can get fearce and pounding yet soothing. The insturment use is positively inspiring.
There are parts of the album that remind me, vaguely, of Clannad, Imogen Heap or Loreena McKennit. If you like to be soothed to the core of your soul and made to feel as though you're floating in your own little bubble then you should give this a listen. It transports you out of your worries and woes and brings me, almost, at a loss for words. I can see me listening to this album over and over again!!
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