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Jonsi - Go in stores April 6th
XL Recordings is pleased to present Go, the debut solo release from Sigur Rós frontman, Jónsi.
The choice to make an album of solo recordings came together as a solution to a backlog of songs Jónsi had written that didn’t seem to fit within the Sigur Rós context.
Go is a different beast entirely. Ecstatic, dramatic and alive, it features Jónsi’s signature vocals throughout, with the majority of the songs sung in English.
A video for lead track, Go Do, has been completed and is streaming now at www.jonsi.com. The clip is directed by Arni & Kinski, who have helmed no less than six Sigur Rós videos, including Glósóli and Viðrar vel til loftárása and was filmed on location in Iceland between Christmas and New Year.
Jónsi will be touring in support of the album, kicking off a North American jaunt in Vancouver with two shows at The Vogue Theatre April 6th and 7th, followed by April 30th / May 1st in Toronto (The Sound Academy), and May 2nd Montréal (Metropolis). There will be another round of dates in the Fall.
The Go tour will feature a brand new band and a stage set designed by 59 Productions. Both these elements promise to be drop-dead amazing. The idea of the stage collaboration with 59 Productions is to bring together the worlds of theatre and music in a new and hopefully unique way, in order to create something other than the hoary old cliches that pass for innovation in rock’n‘roll. Visit vimeo.com/9480602 too see more.
An avalanche of press will include the covers of Relix, Paste, Tokion and Relevant.
Go is available on US import CD and 180 Gram vinyl with complimentary MP3 download coupon.
Jónsi played three acoustic songs on WNYC radio recently, and it’s a good chance to hear how three of the songs from Go must have sounded before Nico Muhly got his hands on them and, in Jónsi’s words, made them “explode”. Listen here www.wnyc.org
For more information, please visit www.beggarsgroup.ca
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