Sigur Ros Unveil Upcoming Album and Release New Video [video]

Icelandic ambient rock gods Sigur Rós just announced details for their new album, Kveikur, to be released June 18, including the track list, cover art, extended tour dates and a new video/song. The band has said that this record is “more aggressive” than anything they’ve recorded in the past, a fact that’s clearly evident in the dark video for ”Brennisteinn”. Featuring sparse lighting and stark neon yellow imagery involving innards and smoke, the end result is disturbing yet gorgeous (not surprising since their videos have a track record for being both cinematic and evocative). Check out the new song/video, then the tour dates below.

Tour Dates

03-24 Washington, DC – Patriot Center *
03-25 New York, NY – Madison Square Garden *
03-26 Boston, MA – Agganis Arena *
03-27 Montreal, Quebec – Bell Centre *
03-29 Ottawa, Ontario – Scotia Bank Place *
03-30 Toronto, Ontario – Air Canada Theatre Bowl ^
04-01 Detroit, MI – Fox Theatre ^
04-02 Chicago, IL – UIC Pavilion ^
04-03 St. Paul, MN – Roy Wilkins Auditorium ^
04-04 Kansas City, MO – Starlight Theatre ^
04-06 Denver, CO – 1st Bank ^
04-08 Dallas, TX – Verizon Theatre ^
04-09 Houston, TX – Bayou Music Center ^
04-10 Austin, TX – Cedar Park Center ^
04-12 Phoenix, AZ – Comerica ^
04-13 Indio, CA – Coachella
04-16 Oakland, CA – Fox Theatre
04-17 San Francisco, CA – Bill Graham Civic ^
04-19 Santa Barbara, CA – Santa Barbara Bowl ^
04-20 Indio, CA – Coachella
05-10 Jakarta, Indonesia – Istora Senayan
05-14 Tokyo, Japan – Nippon Budokan
05-15 Nagoya, Japan – Zepp Nagoya
05-16 Fukuoka, Japan – Zepp Fukuoka
05-17 Osaka, Japan – Kobe World Memorial Hall
05-19 Seoul, South Korea – Olympic Gymnastics Arena
05-21 Hong Kong, China – Asia World Arena
05-25 George, WA – Sasquatch Music Festival
05-26 Bend, OR- Les Schwab Amphitheater
05-27 Burnaby, British Columbia – Deer Lake Park
06-19 Dresden, Germany – Junge Garde
06-21-22 Scheesel, Germany – Hurricane Festival
06-21-22 Neuhausen, Germany – Southside Festival
06-23 Hilvarenbeek, Netherlands – Best Kept Secret Festival
06-25 Warsaw, Poland – Sowinskiego Ampitheatre
06-28 St. Gallen, Switzerland – Openair
06-30 Cornwall, England – Eden Project
07-04 Werchter, Belgium – Rock Werchter
07-06 Roskilde, Denmark – Roskilde Festival
07-14 Joensuu, Finland – Ilosaarirock Festival
07-18 Ostrava, Czech Republic – Colours of Ostrava
07-20 Salacgriva, Latvia – Positivus Festival
07-26 Ferrara, Italy – Piazza Castello
07-27 Lucca, Italy – City Square
07-28 Rome, Italy – Ippodromo delle Capannelle
08-30 Cheshire, England – Jodrell Bank
08-31 North Dorset, England – End of the Road Festival
11-16 Dublin, Ireland – O2 Arena
11-19 Nottingham, England – Nottingham Arena
11-20 Brighton, England – Brighton Centre
11-21 London, England – Wembley Arena
11-23 Luxembourg City, Luxembourg – Rockhal
11-24 Frankfurt, Germany – Jahrhunderthalle
11-25 Dusseldorf, Germany – Mitsubishi Electric Hall
11-27 Malmo, Sweden – Baltiska Hallen
11-28 Oslo, Norway – Spektrum

* with Tim Hecker
^ with Oneohtrix Point Never