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On this soul-nourishing tour de force, her one-of-a-kind mix of innovation and emotion is as inspiring as it's ever been over her decades-long career.
11mo
90
You will probably want to play this a number of times, firstly to get yourself into the headspace, and then to appreciate what a truly special album this is, even by its creator’s very high standards. Time well spent.
11mo
90
Its root-like structure – or mycelia – provides a through line for the album that manifests with surprising coherence, warmth and, above all, joy.
11mo
85
For her new album, Björk works her way down from the treetops, and into the wide, weird world of fungi.
11mo
84
Fossora is an incredible and vulnerable project that refuses any easy categorisation. Björk’s dives into sonic obfuscation have never once eclipsed her refusal to be anything except open-hearted and honest.
11mo
84
With her 10th album, Björk is grounded back on earth, searching for hope in death, mushrooms, and matriarchy, and finding it in bass clarinet and gabber beats.
11mo
81
There are simply only a few words for "Fossora", Björk’s 10th studio album: epic, heavy, and intense.
11mo
80
With an album that shifts and expands with every listen, she remains as effortlessly, uncompromisingly original as ever.
11mo
80
Not an easy listen - as one might expect - but definitely a rich, rewarding one.
11mo
80
Tenth album finds inspiration in nature and humanity, upholding her uncompromising, singular vision with a synthesis of the digital and the organic.
11mo
80
This new release, like she has said in many recent interviews, has grounded her back, so strongly that she found her way underground, digging the volcanic soil of her home ground in Reykjavik and spreading her ideas like moss around rocks and trees and porcini from the depths of the earth.
11mo
80
Fossora is another stark shift for Björk. But at its root, it’s her ability to sing with sincerity that allows the songs to flourish.
11mo
80
To hear someone so comfortable in their own creative process, binding the childhood inquisitiveness that’s never left them to the artistic confidence that they’ve developed over more than three decades, is a delight and a privilege.
11mo
80
Theatrical, multi-layered, restless, searching, the music and songs of Fossora are akin to four-dimensional sound sculptures.
11mo
80
Those considering dipping a toe into avant garde pop will find the waters are warm on Fossora. Give it time – it’ll grow on you. Like a fungus.
11mo
80
There is constant growth in communication and Björk is constantly growing, bending, and pushing the expectations of what she is capable of.
11mo
80
A product of the Icelandic musician’s ‘fungus period’, this album requires full immersion.
11mo
80
Fossora represents a more tethered, peaceful equilibrium where sadness is acknowledged but is not the main character. Bjork’s feet might be firmly planted on the ground, but she’s looking toward the light.
11mo
80
Fossora may involve a strange ecosystem, but it's one filled with hope and joy and life, in all its forms, moving forwards.
80
It's an album of rich multifaceted complexity that showcases what a truly inimitable artist Björk is.
80
Her latest is vast, challenging, and beautifully human.
11mo
80
The pop auteur’s 10th album deals with the death of her mother and the dawn of new love by digging deep into Dutch techno, bass clarinets – and fungi.
11mo
80
Björk’s lyrics are arresting and fascinating, poetically delving between grief and exultation, emotional introspection and physical celebration, as she shifts between mourning the death of her mother (in 2018) and celebrating her post-divorce sexual and romantic reawakening.
11mo
80
The Icelandic icon's lockdown album was produced in a period of isolation and grief, but her tenth record retains its warmth and accessibility.
11mo
74
On the Icelandic icon’s 10th album, intricately arranged songs of grief and love initially come off imposing, but gradually build a fascinating world.
11mo
70
There is an elemental quality to Fossora, its rough edges and sometimes bitter taste being synonymous with those of the earth. This seems like a meaningful explanation of the album’s challenging style, though new listeners are less likely than devotees to accept such a challenge in the long run.
11mo
60
It becomes far too crowded to make it an experience that satisfies. It is always interesting, but sometimes not especially pleasing to the ear.
11mo
60
The album's emotional ballast is interrupted by songs that either feel too underdeveloped or frustratingly over-worked.
11mo
50
Exhilarating, inspired, and poignant at points, Fossora still feels like one of Björk's least fully realized albums.
11mo
Bjork’s latest album is the ultimate magical journey. It shows what Art Pop can, and should try to achieve. It’s amazing to see her still pushing boundaries even today, after so many projects. She has created one of the most whimsical albums I’ve heard in a while.
The teasers showed really cool pieces, but the full image is pure joy and beauty. The tracks all flow so smoothly, and everything feels like a necessary part of the pacing. The lyrics are intense, cryptic, and ... read more
Hello. It is Christmas time and I am sitting here by my TV. I've been watching it very much lately because I'm on holiday. And I've been seeing all these programs about all sorts of things. About Icelandics being very happy about Christmas, very gay, and also very serious and spiritual. And also seeing Icelandic comic people making jokes. Which they are very good at.
But now I'm curious. I've switched the TV off and now I want to see how it operates. How it can make, put me into all those weird ... read more
Dare I say "Fossora" is a masterpiece. Maybe not "perfect", but still -- in her own way -- a masterpiece. In my (very honest) opinion, it's easily in Björk's top five albums-- even reaching into her top three. And while, yes, I understand not everyone can get into this album so easily (I get it), once you dig your feet into the soil and give this the attention it asks for... it's a very, very rewarding listen.
To sum up Fossora as bluntly as possible: it's fucking ... read more
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Track List
| 1 | Atopos 4:46 feat. Kasimyn | 87 |
| 2 | Ovule 3:38 | 83 |
| 3 | Mycelia 2:00 | 76 |
| 4 | Sorrowful Soil 3:15 | 80 |
| 5 | Ancestress 7:17 feat. Sindri Eldon | 88 |
| 6 | Fagurt Er Í Fjörðum 0:44 | 73 |
| 7 | Victimhood 6:57 | 82 |
| 8 | Allow 5:26 feat. Emilie Nicolas | 84 |
| 9 | Fungal City 4:45 feat. serpentwithfeet | 85 |
| 10 | Trölla-Gabba 1:57 feat. Kasimyn | 78 |
| 11 | Freefall 4:31 | 83 |
| 12 | Fossora 4:19 feat. Kasimyn | 90 |
| 13 | Her Mother's House 4:33 | 87 |
Total Length: 54 minutes
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Yeah I'm not afraid to say I still don't get this album, or at least it's just not hitting me as intented.
Added on: July 7, 2022