Pitchfork 9.4 the first vital band of the 21st century Billboard “gtis byrjun” is alluring, exotic, and unspoiled, just like the country that spawned it. Q Magazine the last great record of the 20th century gtis byrjun is the critically acclaimed second album by Icelandic band Sigur Rs. Their break-through album that propelled them to international fame winning numerous awards and selling over a million records. Tracks from the album have been synched in several notable films such as Vanilla Sky and The Life Aquatic and the album was placed number 2 on the Pitchfork albums of the year 2000. gtis byrjun was recorded by the band with producer Ken Thomas in 1999 at their Sundlaugin studio in the Icelandic countryside. The out of print vinyl record comes packaged on 2 x 12-inch heavyweight vinyl to the exact original packaging spec. Originally released on Fat-Cat & Smekkleysa this repress sees the album being released on the bands own record label Krunk.

Side A

01 Intro
02 Svefn-g-englar
03 Starlfur

Side B
01 Flugufrelsarinn
02 N batter

Full Length Vinyl 2

Side A

01 Hjarta hamast (bamm bamm bamm)
02 Virar vel til loftrsa

Side B
01 Olsen olsen
02 gtis byrjun
03 Avalon