You just don’t hear bands like Sigur Rós. After their world-tour they came home to perform free, totally unannounced concerts in Iceland. This two-disc film, translated “at home” or “homeland,” is a combination of concert footage, experiential film montage, and documentary.

Check out the trailer here.

There I was, sitting on my couch watching this DVD, and experiencing what seemed like something, dare I say, heavenly. They were technically proficient as usual, but the projection of both striking and subtle details on location in Iceland made each shot unique, and visually provoking corresponding to the aesthetics of the sounds they create. Gritty, raw landscapes and architecture minus the icons and symbols of consumerism we are habitually bombarded by in the U.S. Venues like a fish factory, broad open fields, a beautiful canyon, and a quaint little community center. There was a synchronicity between the various locations, and the interviews with the band, because each had genuine humility and simplicity.

The film is amazing. Watch it. I sat mesmerized in a my living room, lights down, sound up, the cadence of concert, countryside, interview, and back to concert footage.

The single drawback of the film is that the sound quality varied quite a bit from concert to interview. This meant turning the volume way up to hear the barely audible interviews, and then turning it back down during the concert footage.

8 ½ dreads

This article from Earth Times has some sort of connection to my underwear theory posted here. I’m not quite sure what exactly.

Harrah’s Tab: 12.21.07 – 7 hours: -$120 Tough table, good play, bad 5^th street. Bad. 8 or 9 sick rivers.

Cheers.