"I cannot have these serious allegations influence the band".Sigur Ros' Orri Páll Dýrason Sigur Rós drummer Orri Páll Dýrason has announced that he’s leaving the acclaimed Icelandic band after facing sexual allegations online. Posting on his official Facebook page, Dýrason wrote: “I cannot have these serious allegation...

Orri Páll Dýrason is no longer in Sigur Ròs. Recently, as Exclaim points out, Meagan Boyd, a Los Angeles musician who records as Yin Shadowz, recently wrote an Instagram post accusing Dýrason of raping her when she was asleep in his bed one night. This morning, Sigur Ròs posted a statement on Facebook, announcing that…

The band will continue adding to the project long after releaseSigur Rós have launched a new project titled ‘Liminal’. The Icelandic band describe the new release as a constantly evolving …Continue reading »The post Sigur Rós launch new “endless” playlist appeared first on NME.

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The first song we heard from Cloud Castle Lake’s upcoming Dandelion EP, “Sync,” reminded me of Sigur Rós at their most celebratory. “A Wolf Howling,” the second Dandelion song the Dublin band are sharing, exists in the same wheelhouse, but the way it casts Daniel McAuley’s falsetto aga...