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Við spilum endalaust by Sigur Rós

Genre: Post-rock/Ambient

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Comment: Apart from being the only band in the current indie music scene that touts profiency in Icelandic (there’s also Björk on second thought), they also seem to be the sole group who uses and understands Hopelandic. Hopelandic, as described by their vocalist Jónsi, is a “constructed or invented language without any semantic meaning”. In other words, a bunch of gibberish phrases whose meanings founded on their sounds are for anyone to interpret. No other artist executes the combination of Hopelandic with ethereal and classical elements better than Sigur Rós. Here’s a personal favorite of mine, Við spilum endalaust (We Play Endlessly), for your hearing pleasure!

Lyrics:

*translated to English

We drove all around
Through sun and pebbly dust
We all saw so much
Even the cradle and asphalt of the world

We played
(hopelandic)
We played
(hopelandic)
We played

The long day flows
Yes, endless is the over-brightness
Smoke stings the eyes
Yes, it pops up in my head and now I remember it

We played
(hopelandic)
We played
(hopelandic)
We played everywhere

We all saw so much
Yes, saw all and everything in a new light
The long day flows
Yes, it pops up in my head and now I remember it

We played
(hopelandic)
We played
(hopelandic)
We played everywhere
(hopelandic)

We play endlessly
We play endlessly together
We play everywhere together
We sing all together

(hopelandic)