Riceboy Sleeps

by J贸nsi & Alex

Riceboy Sleeps cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 20 July 2009
  • Label: Parlophone
  • Country: Iceland
  • Length: 1:05:53
  • Community rating: 3.75/5 from 9 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

An exclusively acoustic and analog project from the Sigur R贸s frontman and his partner Alex Somers, recorded using a choir and string quartet in Iceland. The record relies on glacial, sweeping ambient textures and delicate vocal washes that completely eschew traditional pop or rock structures. It is widely celebrated as a masterclass in modern, emotionally devastating neoclassical ambient music.

Genres

Descriptors: atmospheric, instrumental, strings, piano, choral, ambient, orchestral

Tracklist

  1. Happiness (9:20)
  2. Atlas Song (8:30)
  3. Indian Summer (9:01)
  4. Stokkseyri (7:12)
  5. Boy 1904 (5:03)
  6. All The Big Trees (3:48)
  7. Dan铆ell In The Sea (7:10)
  8. Howl (8:23)
  9. Sleeping Giant (7:22)

Credits

  • J贸nsi & Alex - primary artist
  • J贸n 脼贸r Birgisson & Alex Somers - artwork by
  • J贸n 脼贸r Birgisson - music by, performer [debut album by]
  • Amiina - strings [strings played by], strings

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