Sigur Rós ( )

4 stars out of 5 - "...Sigur Ros make atmospheric music with lyrics in garbled Icelandic, heavy on the strings and keyboards - beautiful..."
Ranked #22 on Spin's list of 2002's "Albums of the Year"
8 out of 10 - "...There's something awe-inspiring about this band's single-minded pursuit of mellow drama..."
"...The Icelandic quartet again create an ethereal stir with sparse, atmospheric melodies and a falsetto wail..." - Rating: B+
4 stars out of 5 - "...They make soaring, mind-expanding music that's near impossible to resist....This is a masterpiece of bombed orchestral elegance, at once expansive and intense..."
4 stars out of 5 - "...It weaves a gigantic, undulating backdrop onto which you can project what you will..."
"...Sigur Ros occupies a space somewhere between the free-soaring folk jazz of Tim Buckley, the aquatic ethereality of the Cocteau Twins and the oceanic post-rock of Mogwai....The instrumentation arrives in vast, dense, Radiohead-plays-Pink Floyd waves..."
"...A soothing, uplifting compilation of wonder, reflection and vicissitude and an extended glimpse beyond the mundane..."
"...The album rocks, its symphonic depth and stratosphere-surfing melodies more affecting with each subsequent listen..."