Jónsi
Parlophone Records are proud to bring you the release of ‘Go’, an exhilarating, joyful and fearless album from Jón Thor Birgisson, known to the world as Jónsi, the lead singer of Sigur Rós. The album will now be released on April 5th worldwide.
Featuring nine songs drawn from the large pool of material amassed by Jónsi during his many years as singer with Sigur Rós, and arranged in collaboration with classical wunderkind Nico Muhly ("one of the hottest composers on the planet" - Daily Telegraph), ‘Go’ now has a finished sleeve (attached), conceptualised and realised by Jónsi's sisters Inga and Lilja
The album is preceded by the EP ‘Go Do’ on March 22nd which features the tracks:
‘Go Do’
‘Kolniður’
‘Grow Till Tall’
The video for ‘Go Do’ is directed by Arni & Kinski (previously responsible for no fewer than six Sigur Rós videos) and was filmed on location in Iceland between Christmas and New Year, which is quite an achievement when you realise there are about four hours of daylight at that time of year.
Jónsi is also going out on a world tour to promote ‘Go’. No simple one-man show with just an acoustic guitar, this will be a bells-and-whistles extravaganza! The shows which start in North America in April will feature a brand new band and a stage set designed by 59 Productions and is going to be drop-dead amazing.