STARTING THE DAY OFF ON THE RIGHT NOTE

A good start to the day - a big stack of homemade pancakes with the family and some freshly brewed, dark roasted organic coffee accompanied by some ethereal music from my favourite Icelandic post-rock band Sigur Rós.

Please check out their latest offering Hvarf-Heim . Yes, even a collection of their outtakes and live cuts are better than 99% of everything else that passes for music these days! Trust me, it will change your life.

Their music is sublime, the kind that transports you to another place, and is the perfect soundtrack for lucid dreaming or fanciful mental wanderings in the midst of your day. Here are a few samples for you;

MUSIC:

Untitled #4 (a.k.a. njósnavélin / the nothing song) -from the 2002 album ()

Untitled #8 (a.k.a. popplagið / the pop song) -from the 2002 album ()

Jósef tekur fimmuna í vinnuna - from the 2002 documentary film soundtrack hlemmur

Fjöll í austri fagurblá - features traditional viking poetry chanting by Steindór Andersen from the 2001 steindór andersen ep

VIDEO:

For your viewing pleasure here is the trailer for the documentary/concert film Heima;