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Siggi Ármann, "Mindscape"
To be honest, I thought this was downright ridiculous when I first listened. Here's some über-macho viking descendent looking dude singing songs where he repeats the same line over and over and over again. But eventually the words start making less of an impact and the music becomes the main focus, not entirely unlike those 3-D images that were popular in shopping malls in the mid-80s.
Smekkleysa
Siggi's bold vocals are in an occasionally strugglesome English against the backdrop of some amazingly produced acoustic guitar, piano, percussion and chimes. Comical could have described the first listens, but it's now registering as curious and unavoidable as the early and most notable phases from Death In June. During a recent radio interview with Sigur Ros, I pulled out the disc and it raised a smile, "we listen to this before almost every show! This guy's not afraid to say anything." While I can somewhat understand what's behind that statement, I feel it'd be less difficult to crack a smile during songs like 'Lars is No Loser' if the tongue was incomprehensible. Beware, these songs get stuck in your head for days.
 
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