Jon Thor Birgisson

Jón Jónsi Þór Birgisson is the guitarist and vocalist for the Icelandic postrock band Sigur Rós He is known for his use of a cello bow on guitar and his falsetto voice Jónsi is blind in his right eye He is openly gay and his boyfriend Alex Somers has done much of the graphic design for Sigur Rós They also perform together as an art collaboration called Jónsi Alex They released their selftitled first book in November 2006 which was an embossed hardcover limited to 1000 copies along with their first album Riceboy Sleeps in July 2009