''Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust'' (, ''With a Buzz in Our Ears We Play Endlessly'') is the fifth full-length studio album by the

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band

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, released on 23 June 2008. All the lyrics for the album were originally intended to be in English, but in the end the band decided that Icelandic felt more natural to them. Some lyrics were translated back into Icelandic, while some songs got completely new texts. It is the band's first album to feature a track sung in English ("All Alright"). The first track on the album, " Gobbledigook", premiered on

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music show in the UK on 27 May 2008. "Festival" was premiered on

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's Radio 1 show on 3 June 2008. "Inní mér syngur vitleysingur" was used as the theme tune for ''Colin Murray's Gold Run'', which aired on

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during the run-up to the

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. In December 2008, American

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'' Somewhere Cold'' ranked ''Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust'' No. 3 on their ''2008 Somewhere Cold Awards Hall of Fame''. In general, the music continues Sigur Rós' departure from their generally ethereal and minimalist music, being (as the title and cover suggest) more playful and fanciful than their early work, featuring more traditional guitar melodies, acoustic instrumentation, and folk-oriented compositions following in the vein of their later albums. The album was available for pre-order from 3 June on the band's official media site, and on 5 June, the band performed "Gobbledigook", "Inní mér syngur vitleysingur", "Festival", "Fljótavík", "Við spilum endalaust" and "All Alright" live in

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, Mexico. On 8 June, the full album streamed early on the Sigur Ró
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On 19 June, pre-ordered albums began arriving in the mail. The album's cover features a photograph by Ryan McGinley, entitled "Highway". Originally the album artwork was going to be done by

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; it would have been the first time the band had passed album artwork to an external artist. In the end they did not like the proposed design and created the cover art themselves using the photograph. The song "All Alright" played a central role in

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's 2009 film '' Ondine'' whilst "Festival" featured in the 2010

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''.

Track listing

Personnel

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– vocals, guitar *

Kjartan Sveinsson Kjartan Sveinsson (; born 2 January 1978) is an Icelandic musician who is the keyboardist for the post-rock band Sigur Rós. He joined the band in 1998. A multi-instrumentalist, he has also played such instruments as the flute, tin whistle, oboe ...

– keyboards *

Georg Hólm Georg "Goggi" Hólm (; born 6 April 1976) is the bassist of the Icelandic post-rock band Sigur Rós. He is the most prominent member of Sigur Rós in the English press, as he does significantly more press than the other members due to him being th ...

– bass guitar * Orri Páll Dýrason – drums Strings:

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(on tracks 2,3,4,5,8 and 9, recorded in Kjartan Sveinsson's livingroom and Langholtskirkja) * Hildur Ársælsdóttir * Edda Rún Ólafsdóttir * Maria Huld Markan Sigfúsdóttir * Sólrún Sumarliðadóttir

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(on tracks 2, 4 and 11) performed by: * E. Friðfinnsson * Helgi Hrafn Jónsson * I.G. Erlendsson * K. Håkonarson * Samúel Jón Samúelsson * S. Sigurðarson * S.J. Bernharðsson Tambourine, claps and other noises by Siggi Frendi, Höddi Gunni, John Best, Sunray and Breeze. "Ára bátur" recorded live at

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with the

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and the choristers of the

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. Directed by D. Bjarnason, engineered by Andy Dudman. Photography by Ryan McGinley.

Charts

Certifications

References

External links

UK microsite to promote ''Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust''

Press release
on SigurRos.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Med sud i eyrum vid spilum endalaust 2008 albums Albums produced by Flood (producer) Sigur Rós albums EMI Records albums XL Recordings albums Icelandic-language albums