'It Kind Of Blew Up A Little Bit': Sigur Rós On The Success Of Their Orchestral Tour Experiment

'It Kind Of Blew Up A Little Bit': Sigur Rós On The Success Of Their Orchestral Tour Experiment

When Sigur Rós first coalesced in Reykjavík, Iceland back in 1994, none of its members likely could have assumed what the future would look like.Initially consisting of guitarist and vocalist Jón Þór 'Jónsi' Birgisson, bassist Georg Hólm, and drummer Ágúst Ævar Gunnarsson, the group's earliest work, most notably, their 1997 debut Von, was a droning, dark ambient take on post-rock sweetened by the trademark falsetto vocals of Jónsi.Welcoming mult…