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There are other different instruments in the music now as well. The music is now very strings heavy and is often based around piano parts with vocals simply adding another instrument to the music rather than being the complete central focus of it. The addition of a keyboard player changed Sigur Ros' sound very much for this record. On this record, Jonsi sings in "hopelandish", a term coined to describe the mix of icelandic and gibberish that is contained in the vocals of this album. For some listeners, this may be a disspointment, but for most, it's an improvement. There are no more experimental 10 minute long noise tracks. "Von", however, is an excellent debut album and this record builds on it's success.

Many people seem to think that Sigur Ros came out of nowhere with this spectacular album. It's easy for Sigur Ros' debut album, "Von" to be overshadowed by the highly rated second album, "Ágætis Byrjun". It's strage how Iceland is such a tiny country, yet the quality of it's music (Iceland's most famous artists are Sigur Ros and Bjork) often exceeds the quality of music from many entire continents. Sigur Ros create some of the most unique music around these days with a unique way of putting together ideas and a unique vocal style. The year 2000 was the year that Sigur Ros became famous in the US, not long after they had released "Ágætis Byrjun". The band had made some changes, namely the recruitment of keyboardist Kjartan Sveinsson, making Sigur Ros a group of four.

Sigur Ros released "Ágætis Byrjun" two years after the release of their debut album, "Von".