You can now download a portion of Sigur Rós’ 2016 world tour–the International Space Orchestra, which played backup to the Icelandic band, has released their cover of “Viðrar Vel Til Loftárása” for free online.
A gift from McSwnys friends, the International Space Orchestra: A free download of the ISO's @sigurros cover! https://t.co/9GP1sNqypU pic.twitter.com/t6Hd9jhE0r
— Timothy McSweeney (@mcsweeneys) January 10, 2017
The International Space Orchestra is made up of “planet-poking and bluegrass-playing spacecraft operators.” It consists of members from the NASA Ames Research Center, Singularity University, and the SETI Institute. Sigur Rós is the most recent addition to their list of performance collaborations–the band has also played alongside Beck and Bobby Womack.
Download the track here.