With this being the second blog of not-quite-a-new-artist-I-found-on-Myspace, you would be forgiven in thinking that I am freeloading Artists’ new or side-projects for this blog, but I'm seeing this as glorious opportunism, which your ears will thank me for later...
This blog instalment comes aaaaaaaaall the way from Iceland in the form of Sigur Ros front man Jonsi’s side project, called...well...'Jonsi’.
But that’s not a bad thing; at least we all know it’s him right?
Upon listening it is unmistakeably Jonsi as well (for all the disbelievers out there who thought I was having you on) with his falsetto still in fine working order, pan-pipes in hand and excellent orchestration (don’t worry, it’s not like the 99p ‘relaxation’ CDs you find in supermarkets) and the Sigur Ros ‘thump thump thump’ obviously still his ‘thump’ of choice (anyone who has heard their second album “Með Suð Í Eyrum Við Spilum Endalaust” will know what I’m talking about), Jonsi is having a crack at going it alone.
Although a little poppier (is that a word?) and more accessible to the mainstream than the goods from the Sigur Ros farm, Jonsi does a pretty good job at being his own Icelandic freeholder, possessing a fine crop of melody and dynamics, the album looks like a promising musical harvest.
(It better be, I’ve just forked out the better half of a month’s wages to see him in summer!)
URL : www.myspace.com/jonthorbirgisson
Note: With a recent five star rating in the Sunday Times for the album, now released, entitled ‘Go’, all seems to be going well!
This blog instalment comes aaaaaaaaall the way from Iceland in the form of Sigur Ros front man Jonsi’s side project, called...well...'Jonsi’.
But that’s not a bad thing; at least we all know it’s him right?
Upon listening it is unmistakeably Jonsi as well (for all the disbelievers out there who thought I was having you on) with his falsetto still in fine working order, pan-pipes in hand and excellent orchestration (don’t worry, it’s not like the 99p ‘relaxation’ CDs you find in supermarkets) and the Sigur Ros ‘thump thump thump’ obviously still his ‘thump’ of choice (anyone who has heard their second album “Með Suð Í Eyrum Við Spilum Endalaust” will know what I’m talking about), Jonsi is having a crack at going it alone.
Although a little poppier (is that a word?) and more accessible to the mainstream than the goods from the Sigur Ros farm, Jonsi does a pretty good job at being his own Icelandic freeholder, possessing a fine crop of melody and dynamics, the album looks like a promising musical harvest.
(It better be, I’ve just forked out the better half of a month’s wages to see him in summer!)
URL : www.myspace.com/jonthorbirgisson
Note: With a recent five star rating in the Sunday Times for the album, now released, entitled ‘Go’, all seems to be going well!
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