Bjork - 2017 album

Yes, just a string orchestra

Bold move indeed!

i love her so much

Daring! The strings-only version of "Pluto" is great

Noted that the conductor is free of headphones, this was all live live no click no tricks. Impressive. I find my ears and heart wanting to hear "a full orchestra" in this context but wonder if the rigidity of it being strings-only is what makes it so powerful

That is wonderful - thanks for posting

Supposedly Frank actually requested Bjork to be on the bill (and "open" for him)

would pay stupid money for a bjönk oceansdottir concert

There’s a million Björk threads

is this what you call sharing ? pic.twitter.com/A2ewPgmiK4

— björk (@bjork) November 3, 2023

lol @ the Israel War Room quote-tweeting her, what a bunch of freaks

ngl I like this more than her past few albums

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jsi2Tgvx6A

(probably bc the song was apparently written 25 years ago?)

yeah this is the best thing she's done in forever

apparently it was 'too poppy' for vespertine and then she just forgot what it was called so she couldn't find the demo in her archives until she remembered this year

it's so odd to hear rosalia on this, someone else singing such an unmistakably bjork melody alongside her. not at all bad though!

Forever, or since Vulnicura maybe is good enough

But at this point, yes, I'll take a good dose of Bjork revisiting some vault items from circa late '90s/early '00s

"stonemilker" is the only real exception there. or "who is it" too if i were to more specifically say 'since vespertine'

oh wow her vocal is from the original pre-vespertine recording too. it sounds like the main thing that was newly recorded is the drums? (and rosalia's vocal of course)

love this so much. video is great too wow

Flutes and violin arrangements are probably new too - at least they sound more like Vulnicura/Utopia influenced arrangements than Homogenic.

Love this and the video

I’m a massive fan of Björk’s last three albums (and after finally seeing her live Cornucopia show last week I’m even more in love with her latter-day output than I thought I could be) but it’s so cool to hear this unearthed recording of her younger voice and more poppy/accessible style. I find it so nostalgic, brings me back to my teenage years.

Also weird to hear Rosalía sing in English lol! But I love it.

She also sings in english in single “LLYLM” released earlier this year.

Feel nostalgic and slightly sad hearing this great song, like a glimpse of a potential Bjork that pushed on in the direction of Vespertine. I do really like and admire some of the places she's gone over the years but never loved them like I loved Homogenic and Vespertine