Sigur Rós releases new album First Light alongside Myndstream and Lakeshore Records

London | 30 August, 2024

Today, Sigur Rós vocalist & composer Jónsi shares his score album First Light, via leading health & wellbeing music provider Myndstream, in collaboration with Lakeshore Records. In addition to making an impact with longtime fans and wide coverage in outlets such as Pitchfork, Stereogum, Brooklyn Vegan and many more, the music is also resonating with the wellness community securing #1 spot across multiple editorial playlists and stations on Amazon and Spotify.

"Writing this music at a time of manmade global turmoil and unrest for a video game," Jónsi reflects, "I imagined First Light as a momentary fantastical red, over-the-top, utopian world where everyone and everything lives together in everlasting peace and harmony. Choosing beauty over disorder, hope over fear, our universal divine angel guardians watching over us and connecting us all as one through love, melody, and music.”

Known best for his work as lead vocalist, guitarist, and songwriter for Iceland’s Sigur Rós, Jónsi has recorded acclaimed solo albums, composed scores and contributed music to a range of films – earning a Golden Globe nomination as co-writer of “Revelation” from the film Boy Erased. Throughout his career, Jónsi has collaborated with a diverse array of artists, including Elizabeth Fraser, Robyn, and Alex Somers. Jónsi's artistic journey extends beyond music, encompassing collaborations with acclaimed visual artists like Doug Aitken and Olafur Eliasson, filmmakers like Cameron Crowe, and even founding his own perfume business Fischersund perfumery with his three sisters in Reykjavík, Iceland.

First Light Track Listing

1) Flicker

2) First Light

3) Green Meadow

4) Clearing

5) Cherry Blossom

6) In Plain View

7) Wishful Thinking

8) Forest Trill

9) Undercurrent

10) Willow

11) Stillness

12) Floweret ok

13) Over the Fence

14) Flutterby