07.05<\/p>\n
There is something almost too beautiful about the other-worldliness of Sigur R\u00f3s.<\/p>\n
It’s dark outside, the rain is hammering against the windscreen as we plough through the bow-waves of other traffic that sprints faster than us down the M40.<\/p>\n
The dark, the rain and the amber light that seems to filter in through the glass in big orange lumps; these things all collide and are added to by the stunningly ethereal, almost alien scene that Sigur Ros creates in my ears.<\/p>\n
Jonsi sings his Icelandic lyrics in his incredibly distinctive voice; the unmistakably quirky Icelandic instrumentals (quirkily instrumentalised) are the perfect backing to his equally unmistakably individual vocal carriage.<\/p>\n
It’s raining.<\/p>\n
As a consequence of this simple meteorological condition we are currently 45 minutes late, though Christ knows how late we’ll be when we get to our destination.<\/p>\n
Why is this?<\/p>\n
Where does the extra traffic come from when it rains? And why?<\/p>\n
Is it just Londoners who believe they are made from caster sugar and, as such, will dissolve on contact with just a few spatters of rain? Or is it a South East of England trait? Or is it a British thing?<\/p>\n
The locals in the Sierra Nevada didn’t vary their routines if the weather shifted from sun to rain or snow. So what gives here?<\/p>\n
Answers please on a wet piece of cardboard.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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