So, the band that I'd listened to a lot on the fjord trip, Sigur Rós, came to London on Friday and I was able to go to the show.
I hate making statements like this, but it was definitely one of the best concerts I've ever been to, if not the best. It's definitely in the top three, but I cannot think of two that were better.
It was at Alexandra Palace which was a really cool buildling, but the actual location of the concert was just in what seemed to be a very large room.
The energy of the band was amazing, and a lot of their songs have great builds, the culminations of which were just infinitely better live than recorded. The lights and effects were amazing, too, including a wall of water:
(from John Gleeson on Flickr)
I didn't bring my camera with to the show because I'd decided it would distract me from the music, but sadly two teenage girls in front of me were able to distract me by holding up their cameras to film basically every song.
Two of the songs ended with confetti falling, which was just an absolute joy. So exciting and surreal; it sounds cheesy, but the effect worked perfectly with the music.
(from jrom on Flickr)
When the show was over, walking out the palace we saw London all lit up at night, which was just beautiful. I already have a thing for Minneapolis's skyline, but seeing the whole of London was so different. Somehow it was a clear enough night out too that we could pick out the Big Dipper and Orion's Belt.
What a show.
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