Canadian director and writer Dean DeBlois has a film oeuvre that reveals two passions: one, for bringing fantastical creatures to life via animation (Lilo & Stitch, 2002 and How to Train Your Dragon, 2010) and two, for the music of Icelandic band Sigur Rós, fronted by Jon Thor Birgisson (a.k.a. Jonsi), who DeBlois also featured in the acoustic short film Go Quiet (2010).

Sandwiched between Stitch and Dragon is Heima (2007), a film that has DeBlois chronicling a series of homecoming concerts performed by Sigur Rós for free across Iceland. As is appropriate for a documentary about a band whose music is the primary focus, the film eschews extended interviews or contextual explanations for the real thing: the band playing in various settings, alternately plugged in or not, with the camera panning across the faces of families drawn to the spectacle and to other objects of natural wonder. Joining us for this episode is Tim Robinson, a former island dweller himself who helps us discuss the winding and wooly path of these somewhat unlikely art-rock stars.

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