While their female string section tours the US, the boys of Iceland's Sigur Ros sure have been keeping busy in their homeland.

Sigur Ros

The quartet has a slew of projects on the way, including two live DVDs, an EP, an all-acoustic full-length album, and a film score to a 2002 Icelandic documentary. Those projects, all set for release in the next 10 months, come on the heels of the band's last full-length album, 2005's Takk.

First up on the schedule is is the release of the film Hlemmur, a 2002 documentary about a group of destitute men in the Icelandic capital Reykjavik. Sigur Ros composed the score for the film, and the CD soundtrack will accompany the DVD release in July.

One month later, the band will release a new EP, a three-song set that will also include a live video. Song titles are: "Salka," "Lagio I gær," and "Rokklagio." In October, Sigur Ros will release an as-yet-untitled live DVD from the band's 2006 tour in support of Takk.

That same month, the band will release an all-acoustic, full-length album. And January will see a DVD and CD combo of the band's complete orchestral piece orchestral Odin's Raven Magic--an Edda poem composed circa 1500 A.D.

Lastly, quarterly music pub Artist in Residenceis publishing In a Frozen Sea: A Year With Sigur Ros, a 32-page book created by longtime fan Jeff Anderson, who collected observations, interviews, and photos of the band. The book comes packaged in a 12-inch vinyl jacket and will be available from the mag's Web site.