Hard working Icelandic post rockers Sigur Rós are set to return with Kveikur this year.

Following last year’s relatively understated Valtari, the band have promised to move towards a more aggressive sound on their new LP, three tracks of which they performed in February. One new track, ‘Brennistein’ appeared today with a video as a teaser of the record, and certainly finds them in a darker, noisier realm than you might expect.

The record will appear on the XL imprint, and if you fancy an early taste of what it’s likely to have in store for us, the Icelandic three piece are just about to start an extensive world tour. Interestingly the US dates see FACT faves Oneohtrix Point Never and Tim Hecker in support, which should sweeten the deal a little.

03-24 Washington, DC – Patriot Center *
03-25 New York, NY – Madison Square Garden *
03-26 Boston, MA – Agganis Arena *
03-27 Montreal, Quebec – Bell Centre *
03-29 Ottawa, Ontario – Scotia Bank Place *
03-30 Toronto, Ontario – Air Canada Theatre Bowl ^
04-01 Detroit, MI – Fox Theatre ^
04-02 Chicago, IL – UIC Pavilion ^
04-03 St. Paul, MN – Roy Wilkins Auditorium ^
04-04 Kansas City, MO – Starlight Theatre ^
04-06 Denver, CO – 1st Bank ^
04-08 Dallas, TX – Verizon Theatre ^
04-09 Houston, TX – Bayou Music Center ^
04-10 Austin, TX – Cedar Park Center ^
04-12 Phoenix, AZ – Comerica ^
04-13 Indio, CA – Coachella
04-16 Oakland, CA – Fox Theatre
04-17 San Francisco, CA – Bill Graham Civic ^
04-19 Santa Barbara, CA – Santa Barbara Bowl ^
04-20 Indio, CA – Coachella
05-10 Jakarta, Indonesia – Istora Senayan
05-14 Tokyo, Japan – Nippon Budokan
05-15 Nagoya, Japan – Zepp Nagoya
05-16 Fukuoka, Japan – Zepp Fukuoka
05-17 Osaka, Japan – Kobe World Memorial Hall
05-19 Seoul, South Korea – Olympic Gymnastics Arena
05-21 Hong Kong, China – Asia World Arena
05-25 George, WA – Sasquatch Music Festival
05-26 Bend, OR- Les Schwab Amphitheater
05-27 Burnaby, British Columbia – Deer Lake Park
06-19 Dresden, Germany – Junge Garde
06-21-22 Scheesel, Germany – Hurricane Festival
06-21-22 Neuhausen, Germany – Southside Festival
06-23 Hilvarenbeek, Netherlands – Best Kept Secret Festival
06-25 Warsaw, Poland – Sowinskiego Ampitheatre
06-28 St. Gallen, Switzerland – Openair
06-30 Cornwall, England – Eden Project
07-04 Werchter, Belgium – Rock Werchter
07-06 Roskilde, Denmark – Roskilde Festival
07-14 Joensuu, Finland – Ilosaarirock Festival
07-18 Ostrava, Czech Republic – Colours of Ostrava
07-20 Salacgriva, Latvia – Positivus Festival
07-26 Ferrara, Italy – Piazza Castello
07-27 Lucca, Italy – City Square
07-28 Rome, Italy – Ippodromo delle Capannelle
08-30 Cheshire, England – Jodrell Bank
08-31 North Dorset, England – End of the Road Festival

* with Tim Hecker
^ with Oneohtrix Point Never

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