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Sigur Ros: The New Ice Age

Will Hermes, Spin, March 2003

Do you suffer from skammdegispunglyndi? For many Icelanders, the cure for this brand of wintertime depression — in addition to drinking — is making weird pop music. And with the unlikely success of majestic drone-rockers Sigur Ros, the world is looking to the tiny island for the sounds of tomorrow

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