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one little indian have released “takk” on heavyweight vinyl – the package consists of 2 x 12″ vinyls and one 10″ etched vinyl. (the 10″ vinyl contains the etching on one side, with mílanó on the reverse side. the 2×12″ vinyls contain the rest of the album) its available now from onelittleindian.com, onelittleindian (america), amazon.com […]

100 copies of the limited edition of takk were recently found in a dusty corner of some warehouse and are now on sale at the band’s klink online store.

takk… on vinyl is now on sale on klink.is. it’s two 12″ records plus one etched 10″ record. klink have also added new sigur rós badge pins, a shoulder bag and a notebook set. [update january 12th: the vinyl set is no longer available on klink, instead it can be ordered on hmv.co.uk.]

1000 copies of takk… on vinyl are being manufacted and will hopefully be in uk and usa stores before the new year. as we understand it, takk… should sound extra nice on vinyl since it was recorded 100% analog (as opposed to ( ) which was recorded digital).

sigur rós and the toothfaeries, the creators of their merchandise, are fed up with the extortionate fees they are required to pay to concert venues for selling their t-shirts to fans at the american shows. half of the profit of all merchandise sold at tonight’s show at ‘the joint’ in the hard rock hotel, las […]

we have put together a special feature for takk, which has now been added to our discography section. in the feature you will find photos, info and quotes from the band regarding various aspects of the album and its creation. you will also find artwork images, a documentary/interview film about takk, a list of the […]

we are pleased to announce the chart positions that ‘takk…’ has achieved around the world in its first week of release. we’re delighted at the success the album has had already and our congratulations go to the band. the positions are as follows: uk – 16, usa – 27, italy – 4, portugal – 5, […]

the german mtv website debuted a 30minute documentary by john best (the band’s manager) and nick abrahams a week ago. the documentary has the band members talking about the origin and inspiration of all the songs on “takk…”. as we listen to clips of the songs and the band members talking about them, we get […]

most major publications have now printed their reviews on sigur rós’ fourth album, ‘takk…’. we at eighteen seconds have compiled the major reviews and posted them on the reviews page for you to read. the reviews range from positive to very positive, excepting l.a. times and the wire. our favourite quotes: “like sucking god’s cock” […]

for those in the uk without a copy of the new album as yet: if you buy it from a virgin store, you get a free 30″ x 20″ takk… poster; and if you buy it from an independent store, you get a free b3-sized embossed poster (subject to availability/while stocks last, of course).

sigur rós’s fourth lp, “takk…” is now available to buy in record stores in europe. if you want to order it online, play.com seems to be selling it cheapest here – £8.99 including shipping. hmv is selling the special book edition for £9.99 here. we hope you enjoy the record as much as we do […]

the new takk website has now been launched at www.sigur-ros.is. there you will be able to find takk’s liner notes, among other things. later on, more multimedia goodies will be added to the site’s “sirkus” section.

takk is released in 3 days worldwide (4 days in america, 9 days in australia) but those who absolutely can’t wait can now preview takk… in its entirety on the sigur rós myspace page. this site’s staff would personally recommend listening to the album as a whole when you have it in your hands, but […]

some brand new interviews and articles have been appearing in the media lately. sirkus, an icelandic magazine, recently accomplished the amazing feat of getting private in-depth interviews with each of the band members. the interviewer’s questions are also refreshingly direct, thankfully lacking in pretentious metaphors about glaciers and elves. the first reviews of takk have […]

alongside the standard takk packaging, a limited book version of takk will be available in europe on the album’s september 12th release date. the limited edition includes a rigid casebound book with a 24 page booklet of additional artwork, and a floating die-cut wallet for the cd. this special edition can be pre-ordered at these […]

here is a list of listening parties taking place in usa next week.

it’s time for another fan giveaway. this time we have some very limited takk t-shirts to give away, including our personal favourite, with “sigur fucking rós” handwritten on it. please head over to the interaction page for more info.

we now have the cover of takk… for you to see, as well as the digital download artwork image for glósóli. the artwork was created by the toothfaeries (jónsi’s boyfriend and orri’s girlfriend) and jónsi. takk… cover | glósóli cover

here is a quote from jónsi about takk, courtesy of nme: “it’s a bit more happy, with a bit more hope in it. the lyrics are small adventures, maybe like children’s stories or something. i think the songs are quite simple and naïve and they have a central character to them. there’s one called glósóli, […]

to celebrate the opening of the new webstore, we’ve taken 20% off everything in the shop that pre-dates the current album valtari for any orders made by fri dec 7th. the only thing this doesn’t include is music, the rest is open season. merchandise from ágætis byrjun, ( ), takk.., heima, með suð, jónsi and […]

the sigur rós song ‘sæglópur’ from takk is being featured as the official music for the trailer videos for the upcoming broadcast of human planet, a new discovery channel program in the united states about people’s ability to thrive in our planet’s most extreme environments.

we’ve been compiling mentions of sigur rós in the many “best of decade” lists that have been published over the last month or two. there were mentions for “ágætis byrjun“, “( )“, “takk” and “með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust” as well as the video for “untitled 1 / vaka”. below is a selection […]

next saturday (november the 28th) in paris there will be a sigur rós movie night at the elysées biarritz cinema. in attendance will be orri, dean de blois (director of ‘heima‘) and john best (manager of sigur rós). the viewing line up for the night includes; heima, hlemmur, síðasti bærinn (the last farm), the takk […]

as ágætis byrjun celebrates its 10th anniversary it has just been voted the best icelandic album of all time in a survey by the icelandic national radio and tonlist.is. the list of the 100 best icelandic albums was based on the opinion of 100 experts the press and music industry as well as a public […]

sigur rós have certainly been keeping busy lately. in addition to the riceboy sleeps album, jónsi’s solo album and kjartan’s ondine soundtrack, sigur rós have been at work in their sundlaugin studio in álafoss the past few weeks recording a full length album, which is now nearing completion. orri told morgunblaðið newspaper today that the […]

as previously mentioned, a nine track cd is available free with todays edition”the independent” newspaper of the united kingdom – so if you’re outside of the uk then perhaps right now is a good time to get in contact with a friend who lives there and ask them to go get it for you. (update: […]

með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust has been selling well worldwide, placing in the following chart positions in its first week of release: #5 in the uk, #15 in usa, #1 in iceland. the band’s last album, takk…, placed #16 in the uk and #27 in the us.

a two disc release of the sæglópur ep will be released on may 8th in most parts of the world (excepting america). the cd will be accompanied by a bonus dvd featuring all three ‘takk…’ videos: glósóli, hoppípolla and the upoming sæglópur. before the worldwide release, a combined sæglópur and hoppípolla ep will be released […]

sigur rós received three icelandic music awards tonight: best album design (along with ísak winthers, alex somers and lukka sigurðardóttir), best alternative act and best rock album. here’s a transcript of their acceptance speech: “takk.”

sigur rós were awarded platinum records for their albums “von” (1997) and “ágætis byrjun” (1999) yesterday in reykjavík. the band also received two gold records for their more recent albums, “( )” (2002) and “takk…” (2005). according to ásmundur jónsson, the managing director of smekkleysa (the band’s label in iceland), “takk…” has now sold over […]

hoppípolla, takk’s first single, will be released in the united kingdom next monday november 28th. as most of you may know, the live favorite hafsól will finally see its release on this single as a 10 minute b-side which was recently recorded in the band’s studio. a hafsól preview stream has just been set up […]

on november 28th, hoppípolla, the first single from ‘takk…’, will be released in the united kingdom on cd and 12″ vinyl. the single’s b-sides are með blóðnasir plus the highly-anticipated 10-minute studio version of hafssól, or as many call it, “the song where the bassist uses a drumstick”. hafssól has been evolving in concert ever […]

new band merchandise was on sale at this weekends concerts in helsinki. the new merchandise is a moleskine notebook pack. the pack consists of three small notebooks each of which has a different logo from the “takk” design embossed on its cover. images of the new moleskine diary can be seen here. the cost should […]

the site’s tour diary has been updated with a few pictures from the hollywood bowl and las vegas, the last shows of the american tour which ended last week. sigur rós is currently taking a break in iceland before they head out to helsinki on october 29th to start the second european tour. the band […]

on november 27th, sigur rós will hold a concert in their home country for the first time in three years. since there are currently no music halls in iceland, but plenty of massive sports arenas, sigur rós will hold the concert in the laugardalshöllin sports arena in reykjavík. in other icelandic news, takk is rapidly […]

chris soos, the cinematographer of the glósóli video, was kind enough to answer some questions fans had about the video, regarding e.g. the children, film processing, interpretations, etc. we’ve added this q&a to the glósóli video page on the site’s takk section.

klink are now selling official takk t-shirts for kids, as well as brand new sigur rós badges featuring artwork from takk.

we can now (finally!) announce the winners of the takk t-shirt giveaway. thanks to everyone who entered, but unfortunately only ten people can win this time: christopher jolicoeur, denise oemcke, frederico santos, jakub lukomski, jeffrey allen, kristina caulfield, seamus hannigan, sinéad gleeson, stephen brooks, tiziana gelardi. congratulations to all the lucky winners, and thanks to […]

four new t-shirts and a sweatshirt have now gone on sale on the band’s online merchandise store, klink.is. these official takk… garments are all guaranteed sweatshop free.

here is the redesigned site: a celebration of the release of the new album. we hope you like it. all of us at eighteen seconds before sunrise are very grateful to jonathan percy, who has given a massive amount of his time and effort towards producing the newly designed site. takk…

the first single of ‘takk…’ will be glósóli, and will be released through download only. from august 15th you will be able to buy the song online in mp3 format through a new official sigur rós site, www.sigur-ros.is, which will be launched on the same day as the release. from august 16th, fans in north […]

a video is currently being shot in iceland to takk’s first single, glósóli. unfortunately we don’t have any more info about the video at the moment, but we will let you know when we know more.

here is a brief article from the l.a. times regarding the new album. it features an interview with jordan schur, the president of geffen records, who will release ‘takk…’ in north america. it also has some quotes from georg about the new album.

we can now announce that the title of the new sigur rós album is takk…, which is icelandic for “thanks”. it will be released september 12th on EMI records. we at sigur-ros.co.uk got a chance to listen to the album recently and for our money it’s the best thing the band has ever released. we […]