Ágætis byrjun
Sigur Rós's breakthrough uses bowed guitar and Jónsi's falsetto to create otherworldly beauty. Sung in Icelandic and Hopelandic, it explores transcendence, nature, Iceland, and wordless emotion. The work is a meditation on beauty and the sublime.
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