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After years of trying to decipher what Jón Thor Birgisson has been singing in all those Sigur Rós songs all those years, we finally have a reprieve. While most of the band's forthcoming fifth album, Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust, is sung in Icelandic, there is one song with English lyrics. We imagine it's the one called "All Alright", because...just look at all those other titles [after the jump].

But what delicate truths might Birgisson bestow upon our vulgar ears? Considering that the album's title translates into English as "With a buzz in our ears we play endlessly," it could be something as simple as, "This is a song/ we are playing it for you/ enjoy a nap or a good cry if you'd like."

The follow-up to 2005's Takk comes out in the UK June 23 via EMI and in North America June 24 via XL. Album opener "Gobbledigook" (ha!) will debut on BBC Radio 1 DJ Zane Lowe's program later today, and then will be available via free download on the band's website at 2:30 p.m. EST. The song's video will premiere on the site today as well.

Pre-orders for Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust begin via Sigur Rós' website on June 2, and all pre-orders come with a download of the album a week before its physical release. Also available for pre-order on that date is the deluxe edition of the record, which will be released later this year. The deluxe edition features a "making of" book and a movie, among other things.

Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust includes musical contributions from string quartet Amiina, the London Sinfonietta, the London Oratory Boy's Choir, and a five-piece brass section. As previously reported, visual artist Ryan McGinley designed the album's artwork. That's the cover up there.

Finally, Sigur Rós still have a ton of tour dates to play this summer, and even more shows around the world are yet to be announced.

Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust:

01 Gobbledigook
02 Inní mér syngur vitleysingur
03 Góðan daginn
04 Við spilum endalaust
05 Festival
06 Með suð í eyrum
07 Ára bátur
08 Illgresi
09 Fljótavík
10 Straumnes
11 All Alright

Sigur Rós:

06-05 Guadalajara, Mexico - Teatro Degollado
06-07 Tepoztlan, Mexico - Festival la Colmena
06-08 Tijuana, Mexico - Multiculti
06-11 Omaha, NE - Orpheum Theater
06-12 Kansas City, MO - Uptown Theater
06-14 Manchester, TN - Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival
06-16 New York, NY - Grand Ballroom
06-20 Neuhausen ob Eck, Germany - Southside Festival
06-22 Scheesel, Germany - Hurricane Festival
07-05 Werchter, Belgium - Rock Werchter Festival
07-06 Arras, France - Main Square Festival
07-08 Vienna, Austria - Arena
07-09 Lausanne, Switzerland - Les Docks
07-11 Florence, Italy - Giardino di Boboli
07-12 Rome, Italy - Cavea Auditorium
07-13 Milan, Italy - Arena Civica
07-14 Zurich, Switzerland - Volkhaus
07-17 Benicassim, Spain - Benicassim Festival
07-19 Suffolk, England - Latitude Festival
08-01 Melbourne, Australia - Festival Hall
08-02 Sydney, Australia - Hordern Pavilion
08-03 Byron Bay, Australia - Splendour in the Grass
08-07 Oslo, Norway - Øya Festival
08-08 Gothenburg, Sweden - Way Out West
08-09 Copenhagen, Denmark - Beat Day Festival
08-11 Cologne, Germany - Philharmonie
08-12 Wiesbaden, Germany - Schlachthof
08-13 Berlin, Germany - Tempodrum
08-15 St. Malo, France - La Route du Rock Festival
08-17 Biddinghuizen, Netherlands - Lowlands Festival
08-18 Dresden, Germany - Alter Schlachthof
08-19 Prague, Czech Republic - Arena HC Sparta Praha
08-20 Warsaw, Poland - Palladium
08-22 Riga, Latvia - Arena
08-24 Helsinki, Finland - Kulttuuritalo
08-26 St. Petersburg, Russia - TYUZ Theatre
08-27 Moscow, Russia - B1
08-29 Stradbally, Ireland - Electric Picnic Festival
08-31 Argyll, Scotland - Hydro Connect Festival