Album Review: Jónsi - Go

Go is the debut solo album by Jón Þór Birgisson - aka Jónsi. It is a solid offering, but doesn’t offer too much of a departure from Sigur Rós, especially compared to their last album, Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust. It is a little more upbeat and a little less ambient though, which I see as an improvement. If I was to treat this as a Sigur Rós album, it would be my favourite. Unfortunately I missed out on seeing him live earlier in the year, but having seen Sigur Rós in the past, I’m sure it would have been a great show, especially with this new set of songs to draw from. The moral of the story is that I like where Jónsi is heading and I hope he gets around to recording another album soon or at the very least, takes this new direction back to Sigur Rós.

Key Tracks:

Around Us

Animal Arithmetic

Sounds Like:

Sigur Rós

Rating:

7/10

Notes

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