Sigur Ros

On occasion I allow my personal life to bleed over and contaminate the lovely and witty pages of TWF. It doesn't happen all that often, but I do feel as the sole author, writer, and creative personality behind this blog that I can afford myself the luxury to pretty much say whatever the heck I want. As some of you may remember, and as a scant few of you worried, I talked about landing a job in the wonderful city of Shanghai and possibly moving there soon. Let me simply say that the amount of ma fan {trouble in Chinese} involved in this process reminds me a lot of movie Waterworld; I'm struggling to find a piece of land to put my feet on.

For a long time I've found comfort and peace in the songs of the Icelandic band Sigur Ros . If you've been reading, or just listening, here on TWF for any amount of time at all I do hope that you've found yourself enjoying their music as well. During the past month I've really been loving the sounds of their latest album, Með suð í eyrum við spilum end (amazon ) (itunes ), and I've come to appreciate the track Ára bátur more and more throughout successive listening.

mp3 : Sigur Ros - Ára bátur

What makes this track even more impressive, and what proved to be the deciding factor in me posting it here today, was what I recently read about this track. Ára bátur was recorded in a live format, in one take, with over 90 musicians on the track {including the London Sinfonietta and the London Oratory Boy's Choir}. This song encompasses the magic of Sigur Ros and has worked to calm my mind and heart as I attempt to stumble my way into a job decision. I hope it helps you as well.

If you're interested in listening to the entire album, which I quite strongly recommend, Sigur Ros has graciously made this possible by following this link .