Rímur is a limited EP

Extended play

An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...

 record released independently by Sigur Rós

Sigur Rós

Sigur Rós is an Icelandic post-rock band with classicaland minimalist elements. The band is known for its ethereal sound, and frontman Jónsi Birgisson's falsetto vocals and use of bowed guitar. In January 2010, the band announced that they will be on hiatus. Since then, it has since been announced...

 featuring Steindór Andersen

Steindór Andersen

Steindór Andersen is an Icelandic musician.Andersen is noted for his Rímur chanting, and is most widely known for his collaborations with the band Sigur Rós...

 performing rímur

Rímur

In Icelandic literature, a ríma is an epic poem written in any of the so-called rímnahættir . They are rhymed, they alliterate and consist of two to four lines per stanza...

. It was sold during the band's spring 2001 tour. Only 1000 copies of the EP were printed.

A live performance of "Hugann seiða svalli frá" with Steindór later appeared on the band's 2007 DVD release Heima

Heima

Heima is a documentary film and double DVD set about the tour around Iceland in the summer of 2006 of the band Sigur Rós...

, with the title "Á Ferð Til Breiðafjarðar Vorið 1922".

Track listing

1. "Kem ég enn af köldum heiðum" – 6:19
2. "Til ei lætur tíðin mér" – 1:00
3. "Fjöll í austri fagurblá" – 6:00
4. "Slær á hafið himinblæ" – 1:29
5. "Hugann seiða svalli frá" – 6:02
6. "Lækurinn" – 5:50