Formed in January, 1994, Sigur Ros are an Icelandic four-piece band who rapidly shot to international success.
Although until the release of the single 'Svefn-G-Englar' on FatCat in 1999, the band had remained unreleased outside of their native country, they had previously released 3 albums in Iceland (all on the Smekkleysa label) - 'Von', their debut in 1997; a remix, 'Vonbrig', a year later; and in 1999, the awesome new 'Agaetis Byrjun', which was re-released on FatCat, and was voted as Iceland's 'album of the century'.
(Biography by FatCat)
Website: http://www.sigur-ros.co.uk
