Svefn-g-englar

Infobox single
Name = Svefn-g-englar
Type = Single
Artist = Sigur Rós


Released = 4 October 1999
Recorded = ?
Genre = Post rock
Length = 9:11
Label = FatCat Records
Smekkleysa |
Producer = Ken Thomas |
This single = "Svefn-g-englar"
(1999)
Next single = "Ný batterí"
(2000)
Misc = Extra tracklisting
Album = Ágætis byrjun
Type = studio
Tracks =
# "Intro"
# "Svefn-g-englar"
# "Starálfur"
# "Flugufrelsarinn"
# "Ný batterí"
# "Hjartað hamast (bamm bamm bamm)"
# "Viðrar vel til loftárása"
# "Olsen Olsen"
# "Ágætis byrjun"
# "Avalon""Svefn-g-englar" is a song by Icelandic Post-rock band Sigur Rós, from their second album, "Ágætis byrjun".

Overview

"Svefn-g-englar" was released as a single in 1999, featuring two studio recordings — "Svefn-g-englar" (Icelandic pun "sleepwalkers" or "Sleep angels") and "Viðrar vel til loftárása" ("good weather for airstrikes"), both from "Ágætis byrjun" — and two songs recorded live at the Icelandic Opera House in Reykjavík — "Nýja Lagið" ("new song"), which has not yet been recorded in studio, and "Syndir Guðs" ("God's sins"), from the group's first LP, "Von". The single was the first UK release for the band, issued on Fat Cat Records in 1999 [ [http://www.sigur-ros.co.uk/band/disco/svefn.php Discography entry] ] . Upon release it was named "Single of the Week" in NME [ [http://www.sigur-ros.co.uk/media/svefn/nme1.php NME Review] ] . In 2001, it was re-issued, in the United States, on Pias records [ [http://www.discogs.com/release/306847 US release Discogs entry] ] . The single is available both on compact disc and 12 inch vinyl, with somewhat different selections of tracks.

In Film and Television

* "Svefn-g-englar" is featured in the "Vanilla Sky Soundtrack".
* Was played in episode 202 of "Queer as Folk".

Track listings

CD version

# "Svefn-g-englar" – 9:11
# "Viðrar vel til loftárása" – 10:13
# "Nýja Lagið" (live at the Icelandic Opera House, June 12th, 1999) – 9:28
# "Syndir Guðs" (live at the Icelandic Opera House, June 12th, 1999) – 5:46

12" version

# "Svefn-g-englar" – 9:19
# "Viðrar vel til loftárása" – 10:13
# "Veröld ný og óð" – 3:29

References