Sigur Ros are More Interesting than Your Band

Sigur Ros' 'To Do' List : Perform for the Dalai Lama, Write Solo Album, Side Project, Soundtrack and New Album
The Dalai Lama is a cool guy. So you know that when he gives a talk in Reykjavik he needs some jammin' tunes. Enter Sigur Ros. According to a post on Sigur Ros' band blog, the Icelandic quartet performed (without Jonsi) for His Holiness this last tuesday. I haven't able to find any report on how it went or if Mr. Lama enjoyed the performance but I am sure he had very moderate and compassionate comments for them all.

And if that isn't enough, According to sigur-ros.co.uk, "in addition to the Riceboy Sleeps album [due July 20th], 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."

The bands drummer, Orri Páll Dýrason*, described the songs as "melodic but much less noisy and more 'out there' than previous albums." If you are already in Iceland, what exactly does 'out there' mean? According to DIS, "the album does not have a release date set but is expected to be released sometime next year." Sounds like a bunch of Gobbledigook.

*thank you alyssa