I was treated to a Sigur Ros concert in Chicago a couple years ago. I did not know what to expect and have never had an experience quite like it. It was held at the Chicago Lyric Opera House and, honestly, except for the thunderous applause after each song, you could have heard a pin drop the entire night. It was that thunderous applause that so annoyed me, however, because it interrupted what I can only describe as a musical massage for my brain. The fact that Sigur Ros is from Iceland and sing in either their mother-tongue or a language they made up for some of their songs, allows one to simply listen to the sound of what is happening. Like I said, I've never had an experience quite like this. I wished they could have given me a private performance!
Well, I stumbled across this amazing movie on Youtube. It is about their return home ("Heima") to Iceland and their 15 performances there in 2006. The movie is roughly 97 minutes long and contains some of the most beautiful footage of a country I've never visited nor know much about. It slightly resembles a documentary of Iceland and Sigur Ros, but well worth watching if you have the time.
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