[3] Jónsi & Alex began as a Sigur Rós side project around 2003 under the name Riceboy Sleeps.
To spread the word of the book's publishing, Somers and Jón held an art exhibition at Gallery Turpentine in Reykjavík, Iceland.
They also contributed the song "Happiness" to the Dark Was the Night charity compilation album produced by Aaron and Bryce Dessner of The National.
[10] They also composed the score for the first season of the acclaimed WGN America drama Manhattan,[11] which premiered on July 27, 2014.
In 2019, to mark the 10th anniversary of Riceboy Sleeps, the duo embarked on a North American tour performing the album in full.