We are pleased to offer to the US and Canada the Sægópur ep and DVD. Those of you who own the SIgur Ros album "Takk" will undoubtably know the sixth track Sægópur. A piano picks out a pretty riff, a glockenspiel plays an almost-not-there top-line and Jonsi's airy vocal gently levitates above all. But then, just as you're settled back soaking up the loveliness, the band launch an exocet missile into the middle of proceedings and, out of a clear blue sky, an intense bombardment begins.

Jonsi's bowed guitar finds the power to instil the fear of God, while the bass and drums thunder alarmingly round your head and the piano takes on demonic overtones. Then suddenly, there is a melodic gap in the clouds and a chorus bursts forth only to be subsumed once more in the sturm und drang of this most powerful piece of music. Around the five-minute mark, however, the storm subsides for good, and open vistas of vast orchestral plains open up over the songs last couple of minutes, suffused all about with an eerie heavenly glow.

The first time you hear this, it is a real-life hair-raising experience; your blood seems to run a little quicker and your skin goes properly prickly. There may be a tendency to feel somewhat lost for words for a few moments afterwards. In this regard, 'Sæglópur' may well be the purest distillation to date of the chemistry Sigur Rós have at their collective fingertips.

It is well documented that the group are eminently capable of spellbinding melodic delicacy and also bewildering towers of rock power, but never before have they been so effectively brought together in a way that leaves the listener quite so emotionally undone. 'Sæglópur' - as simple as its guitar, bass, drums and keys ingredients are – feels like a song of near divine inspiration.

This EP also features three new songs, only available on this release. "Refur," "O Fridur" and "Kafari" are the sort of beautiful and intimate recordings that allow the listener in to the studio with the band to experience a side of them not heard on their recent album Takk. Fans of the untitled ep, the Baba Tiki Dido ep, Agaetis Byrjun or any of the previous Worker's Institute releases will revel in these new songs.

A second disc is included in this package, a DVD with the three videos from Takk;Hoppipolla, Glosoli and Sæglópur. Sigur Ros has once again created videos that will bring you joy and perhaps to tears.