Sigur Ros

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According to reports from Pitchfork, two members of Icelandic space-rock quartet Sigur Rós have formed solo projects. Frontman Jonsí Thor Birgisson has been hard at work for some time writing songs for a project he calls Frakkur, while keyboardist Kjartan Sveinsson has formed a band called The Lonesome Traveller with Sigur Rós drummer Orri Páll DýRason and María Huld Markan of the string quartet Amina

Sveinsson, meanwhile, made his debut with The Lonesome Traveller two weeks ago in the fjords village of Ísafjör?ur, covering four Sigur Rós songs ("Lugufrelsarinn", "Dau?alagi?", "Hjarta? Hamast" and "Leit af Lífi") in an alt-country vein. There is, however, no word yet as to whether he plans to write material of his own for the project. MP3s of this performance are available at the Sigur Ros website