FOSSORA, by Björk
This free-wheeling and sometimes melodically untethered 10th album by Iceland’s uncommonly talented Björk is the final instalment of a trilogy after the post-divorce mood of Vulnicura (2015) and the avant-garde escapism of Utopia (2017).
Musically, the album ricochets off past influences: choral passages, big band horns, orchestration, electronica, minimalism, strident hip-hop beats, crashing percussion, eerie instrumentals and more. Often a few of these happen within