This album is really unique in its dualities and its oscillation between screamo and beautiful instrumentals. It lulls you into a comfort, the musical landscape is idyllic and sublime and then plunges you into the cold water of emo punk rock which gives you an immediate whiplash. I feel there could be many interpretations to this musical dissonance. I think for me I see it as a false utopia or that unsung melancholy you see in people, when they're cheerful on the surface but in a candid ... read more
i love how minimalistic this album is, the bulk of the emotion is conveyed in bjork's beautiful whispery voice, it sounds tortured, vulnerable, almost secretive in a way. something ive never heard before.