'Speaks Volumes' marks the first release on the respected Bedroom Community label and is finally available in Australia! This debut album by composer Nico Muhly was created with producer Valgeir Sigurdsson (Bjork, Bonnie 'Prince' Billy) in Reykjavik, Iceland. 'Speaks Volumes' doesn't sound like most classical records in that it is not intended to conform to the nineteenth-century experience of classical music. Sigurdsson's recording and production doesn't sit back and let the music sweep the listener away emotionally; it leans forward, in exacting scrutiny and urges the listener to pay attention.