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• all music guide ****
  "for the first time the band sounds grounded and stripped down"
• the guardian
  "how many times can one band climb ethereally to a crescendo?"
• the independent
  "their fifth album, to the horror of some of their adoring fans, actually contains a few melodies which one might tentatively describe as pop tunes."
• music omh ****1/2
  "this is another wondrous album from a band at the height of their considerable powers"
• nme rating: 6/10
  "this album has moments to rival their best work"
• the observer *****
  "a beautiful collection that blows sigur ros beyond the place they come from, geographically and musically"
• the onion a.v. club rating: a
  "sigur ros make perfect music — they're just doing it a little differently"
• pitchfork rating: 7.5/10
  "they deliver plenty of moments where they sound more spirited, looser, almost playful"
• q magazine ****
  "the beautiful, melodically pure soundscapes that have hitherto defined sigur rós are still in evidence"
• rolling stone ****
  "the band achieves a new unity in variety here, winding from near-glam romp and fireside-folk warmth to slow-climb grandeur"
• slant magazine rating: 3.5/5
  "sigur rós's music, radio-friendly or not, feels like a beatific vision"
• the telegraph
  "poppy energy crackles on through much of this collection"
• time out ****
  "it’s highly likely this album will win the rós new fans and reinvigorate old ones"
• the times ****
  "it has the urgency and raw beauty of something made in a hurry, with love, self-belief and zeal. it is wonderful."
• uncut ***
  "sigur rós play too safe when they clearly have much more to offer than misty-eyed celtic abstraction"
• variety
  "með suð is clearly a summertime album"

• q magazine seven page feature on the making of the album. (june 2008)
• new york times feature with interviews and backstage material from the new york concert (june 2008)

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