Ný batterí

For the cover by Thursday, see War All the Time (album).

"Ný batterí"
Ný batterí cover
Single by Sigur Rós
from the album Ágætis byrjun
Released	May 2000 (UK)
Format	12", CD
Genre	Post-rock
Length	24:02
Label	Fat Cat Records
Writer(s)	Sigur Rós
Producer	Sigur Rós
Sigur Rós singles chronology
"Svefn-g-englar" (1999) "Ný batterí" (2000) "Glósóli" (2005)
Ágætis byrjun track listing "Intro" "Svefn-g-englar" "Starálfur" "Flugufrelsarinn" "Ný batterí" "Hjartað hamast (bamm bamm bamm)" "Viðrar vel til loftárása" "Olsen Olsen" "Ágætis byrjun" "Avalon"

"Ný batterí" (Icelandic for "new batteries"^[1]) is a song by Sigur Rós, released as the second single from their album Ágætis byrjun in May 2000. The first track is an extended brass intro for "Ný batterí", and the third and fourth tracks appear on the Angels of the Universe soundtrack. "Bíum bíum bambaló" was a traditional Icelandic lullaby and was taken by Sigur Rós for the film of Hilmarsson. Even "Dánarfregnir og jarðarfarir" was a music theme in radio stations, famous in Iceland. Both of them were firstly recorded in rock version.^[2]

The cymbal used in "Ný batterí" was found on a street in downtown Reykjavík. The instrument was bent and had apparently been driven over. However, they liked the way it sounded and wrote the song from there.^[3]

Track listing

1. "Rafmagnið búið" – 4:52
2. "Ný batterí" – 7:50
3. "Bíum bíum bambaló" – 6:52
4. "Dánarfregnir og jarðarfarir" – 4:29

Covers

• The post-hardcore band Thursday covered this song as a bonus track on the Japanese version of their album War All The Time.
• The tracks "Bíum bíum bambaló" and "Dánarfregnir og jarðarfarir", composed by Sigur Rós and Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson are featured in the soundtrack to the film Englar alheimsins.

References

1. ^ "sigur rós - lyrics". sigur-ros.co.uk. http://www.sigur-ros.co.uk/band/lyrics.php. Retrieved 2009-01-03. 
2. ^ "englar alheimsins [angels of the universe"]. sigur-ros.co.uk. http://www.sigur-ros.co.uk/band/disco/englar.php. Retrieved 2009-05-23. 
3. ^ "sigur rós - trivia". sigur-ros.co.uk. http://www.sigur-ros.co.uk/band/trivia.php. Retrieved 2009-01-03.