Von (1997) With Ágætis byrjun, Sigur Rós came across like they had been birthed fully-formed from an alien womb. Átta (2023) “Climate change, doom-scrolling, and going to hell” — you could probably find Sigur Rós songs suitable for soundtracking these subjects. It’s the angriest Sigur Rós album and also, the first one that is unmistakably about something. It was no longer all that far-fetched to imagine a Sigur Rós song alongside those bands on classic rock radio. Despite being the most thrilling Sigur Rós album in over a decade, Kveikur got memory-holed almost immediately and I can tell you exactly why.