Artists

Jónsi & Alex

Jónsi & Alex is a collaboration - both in art and music - between Sigur Ros front man Jón Þór Birgisson and his boyfriend Alex Somers of Parachutes. The couple released their debut album Riceboy Sleeps in July 2009, the same title as a picture book they ran limited editions of three years earlier and would later exhibit outside Iceland. Still using the Riceboy Sleeps moniker, they also contributed ’Happiness’ to the Dark Was The Night compilation in early 2009.  

Discography

Albums: 
Riceboy Sleeps (Parlaphone) 2009
Singles: 
All the Big Trees (Parlaphone) 2009
Daníell in the Sea (Parlaphone) 2009

Websites and MySpace

Jónsi & Alex

Articles

Review of Riceboy Sleeps by Jónsi & Alex

Like a coin, most situations in life have two sides to them. Take roller coasters. We all love the thrill but half of that thrill is born from sheer terror. There is the pro and the con. Usually, they are evenly distributed. The same goes for this album from Jonsi Bergson - one quarter of Sigur...