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Old 04-22-2009, 08:31 AM   #58 (permalink)
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I personally wouldn't class Sigur Ros as progressive at all. Post Rock, ambient pop maybe but it all sounds the same which is hardly progressive in my book.
Fairly complex arrangements, great musicianship, jazz and classical influences, lengthy compositions, an entire album of scat singing.... You could argue that Jón Þór Birgisson has done more for the whole "cello bow on the guitar" thing than anyone else. The argument is definitely there imo.
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