The second half is more melancholic, playing with the emotions of the listener, as described by Jónsi. The first half of the album is "light and optimistic" musically, with a heavier emphasis on the use of keyboards than guitar, and the sampling of Jónsi's voice. Ironically, on the actual vinyl version of the record, the thirty-six seconds of silence occurs in the middle of side 2 (the vinyl consists of 4 sides). ( ) consists of eight tracks divided in half by thirty-six seconds of silence which, in concept, replicates the separation of two sides of a gramophone record. The band "just let them 'jam' in the studio until everybody was happy", according to Jónsi. Because of this, the string parts required less preparation prior to recording. In addition, the former was performed by the Iceland Symphony Orchestra, while the latter was done by Amiina. He characterized the record as being "much more bare and alive and there are far fewer little slick things and much less sweet stuff." The strings of Ágætis byrjun were recorded in just two days, while two weeks were given for their recording on ( ). ( ) was given more production and recording time than Ágætis byrjun, although lead singer Jónsi considers the ( ) album "less polished" than its predecessor. ( ) includes the work of the string quartet Amiina. The band refers to the studio as "Sundlaugin", or "The Pool".
This is the first album Sigur Rós recorded at their studio based in Álafoss, Mosfellsbær, a small rural town outside Reykjavík, Iceland. ( ) was co-produced and engineered by Ken Thomas, who also worked with the band on their previous album, Ágætis byrjun.
A limited edition version of ( ) released in Spain includes a 94-page book of contemporary art. There are no liner notes or production credits included, although packaged with the album is a booklet of twelve blank pages, on which listeners are invited to write or draw their own interpretations of the album's music. In 2011, Yang's daughter, Naomi Yang, of the band Galaxie 500, said that the band used the image without permission or payment to her father.
The back of the packaging shows an image of a sleepwalking boy, adapted from a photograph by John Yang. In Iceland, all four cover designs are sold. There are four versions of this cover art, which consist of modified photographs of nature around the band's Mosfellsbær studio, sold in four parts of the world: Europe, the United States, Australia, and Japan. The outside packaging of ( ) consists of a plastic protective sleeve with two parentheses cut out, revealing the image printed on the CD case underneath. In the credits of the film Heima, it is referred to as The Untitled Album. Members of the band have referred to ( ) as Svigaplatan, which translates to "The Bracket Album".
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He was replaced by Orri Páll Dýrason in the same year, and also their first album to feature keyboardist Kjartan Sveinsson.The album's title consists of two opposing parentheses, representing either the album's two-halves, or the idea that the album has no title, leaving the listener free to determine it. Ágætis byrjun is the band’s last album to feature the drummer Ágúst Ævar Gunnarsson, who left the band several months after the album was released.
It won numerous awards, and has appeared on multiple critics’ lists of the best albums of the 2000s. According to Smekkleysa/Bad Taste, the album has sold 10,000 copies to date in Iceland, earning the band platinum status. It received a 2000 release in the United Kingdom and a 2001 release in the United States. Ágætis byrjun became Sigur Rós’s breakthrough album, both commercially and critically. Ágætis byrjun represented a substantial departure from the band’s previous album Von, with that album’s extended ambient soundscapes replaced by Jónsi Birgisson’s now signature cello-bowed guitarwork and lush orchestration, using a double string octet amongst other chamber elements. The album was recorded between the summer of 1998 and the spring of 1999 with producer Ken Thomas. The second studio album by Icelandic post-rock band Sigur Rós, released on 12 June 1999.
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