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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)