Bjork's New Album Title Released: Vulnicura

It`s not her,OP,it`s you.

OP..."Read her handwritten album info letter she put up today. Tell us what the fuck she's talking about..."

YOU first.

Stonemilker sounds cool.

Seriously,I`ve come across an interesting interpretation somewhere (Popjustice forum,I think): Vulnus=wound,Cura=care,i.e. ``healing of the wounds``.Where would she be without Latin?

Well, it's a nice note. I don't see anything wrong with it.

She's going through a divorce and I wonder if that has affected the songs and the mood of the album at all.

BTW, I'll take her over her pretentious ex any day.

Nice! New Bjork music is always welcome news.

New Bjork!

You mean announced, not released, OP?

Ooops, apologies, OP. You meant the title...

[quote]Read her handwritten album info letter she put up today. Tell us what the fuck she's talking about

Err... She has a new album out and she hopes we like it? What's so hard to understand about it?

Don't mind Miss OP, R10. She rides the short bus and licked the windows too many times.

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I LOVED her weird ass so much growing up. Post and Homogenic are some of the best pop albums of all time. Her voice was so powerful and emotional.

Now she's just a parody of herself. Biophilia was such an empty piece of shit. I really hope she returns to music that actually has some EMOTION instead of tuneless dirges about 'nature' but I'm not holding my breath. Her hot but pretentious husband Matthew Barney ruined her career.

Wait she's divorcing him R5? Give more details. Thank god this album might actually be good.

How are they getting divorced if they never married in the first place? I just Googled their relationship and I don't see any reports about them splitting up. In fact, I see an article from mid-2014 saying they're buying another house together.

Is it wrong to masturbate to the Cremaster Cycle?

[quote]Biophilia was such an empty piece of shit. I really hope she returns to music that actually has some EMOTION instead of tuneless dirges about 'nature' but I'm not holding my breath.

R13 - I felt that way. Until I saw Bjork's live Biophilia tour at the Hollywood Bowl. She played the entirety of Biophilia, plus a few classics. An album that seemed dull and largely soulless to me came alive at the Bowl. It wasn't that the live arrangements were dramatically different from the album, but something about experiencing them under the stars with stunning visuals and a really fantastic, dynamic female chorus helped them... I dunno... open up for me. Once you give those songs time to unfurl, there is actually a great deal of emotion within. I now honestly think it's some of the most sophisticated stuff she's done.

[quote]Nice! New Bjork music is always welcome news.

Not the tripe she shat out 2001-2011. I don't get the love for "Vespertine." It put me to sleep. Nothing beats her first three solo albums. She should have retired after "Homogenic." The public won't be able to pronounce "Vulnicura." I think Bjork is just trolling the public now. I hope her leaving her ex is true. I blame him for her career going downhill. She became just as pretentious as Barney. She needs to remember that she was and is a pop star. People want dance-electronica. She needs to stop trying to be taken seriously, as some sort of philosopher. No one can decipher what her crazy ass is saying anyway. I'm remember her talking about sore throats and aliens living in them or some loony shit.

She needs to stop with talking about "nature" every two seconds. Mark Bell is dead. Sad, but thank god he can't produce yet another boring album for her.

Her "Medulla" album should have been the "experimental album," and it should have stopped there. I was sick of her gimmicks: an album make of only voices, and album of only brass instruments, and so on. This is the woman who wrote "All is Full of Love." Now, she talks gibberish over an non-melodic coffeehouse beat.

Interesting, R17. I'll have to check out some live performances of Biophilia songs now. The only songs from the album I liked were Crystalline and Thunderbolt but maybe they were meant to be performed live.

Re: R18--I also don't get the love for Vespertine. I liked some songs on it, but it was too low-key for me. Even though her voice is strong on its own, I think Bjork sounds best with very emotive instruments like strings and brass and strong background production. Homogenic was amazing for this reason, and I also liked Medulla and parts of Volta as well as a result.

Her live performances are so fucking boring. She won money which she spent on the Biophilia project. That's money that went right down the drain... horrible albums, two music videos, one barely her in it. She released a remix album, which people said made Biophilia listenable. She's 50 this year. She has an art exhibition coming up of her career. She has rehashed her own shit no less than 10x per single and album and her fans take out a second mortgage to pay for them. This is a woman that tries to pass herself off as some sort of hippie.

I actually love Vespertine and parts of Medulla and Volta (they are only weaker due to bad sequencing, rearranging the tracks and cut the fat and they are brillant). I think the main problem is she can't really write a good vocal melody that shows off her voice or range anymore. She actually has one of the strongest, most emotional and interesting voices in pop music and the new material just isn't giving her room to explore. There's a reason 'It's Oh So Quiet' was her biggest hit, its an incredible vocal performance. Now all her songs sound exactly the same, just relying on the same vocal tricks over and over again and the lyrics becoming more obtuse and impersonal. She actually became the SNL parodies of herself.

The album just leaked. lol. It took only four days after she announced it.

Why didn't she just called her latest album, "Vulva" and just get it it over with.

Bjork and Matthew Barney are obsessed with genitals.

Why didn't she simply call her latest album, "Vulva" and just get it it over with.

Bjork and Matthew Barney are obsessed with genitals.

They separated in 2013.

Maybe they're back together. I don't know. Are their any recent photos of them together?

"– Barney-Björk Breakup: According to rumors in Iceland, artist and "Cremaster Cycle" auteur Matthew Barney and his wife, Icelandic national treasure and recording artist Björk, have separated after being together for more than a decade. The aesthetically ambitious couple collaborated on the avant-garde film "Drawing Restraint 9," which came out in 2005, and on their daughter Ísadóra, who was born in 2002. Rumors about the split have swirled for literally years, since Gawker posted a screenshot from a Barney Facebook page back in 2008 where the relationship status was switched to "single." [News of Iceland]"

How lame Barney uses Facebook status updates for relationship news. I do like his work, though.

I want to like Bjork because I liked the Sugarcubes and some of her singles, but this new stuff...I just can't hang.

You can stream the new album here:

Did Matthew Barney ever sell the few copies her had of "Cremaster" for sale at the MOMA? IIRC, he wanted about 1 or 2 million per copy. I'm sure there are some very wealthy art collectors who bought them.

I loved the "I managed to get through the entire Cremaster Cycle" T-shirt.

[quote]In fact, I see an article from mid-2014 saying they're buying another house together.

Only his name is on the deed. Not hers. And it's not even sure it's the Matthew Barney who bought the house.

wow only listened to the first few tracks but its beautiful so far. very much like Homogenic (everything is strings and beats) but softer and sadder. Lionheart sounds like Imogen Heap and a more melodic version of 'Hunter'. i think these might be demos though as they sound very sparse. the lyrics are simple and definitely about her break up with Matthew Barney which thank god, you can finally understand what the fuck she is saying.

actually it sounds more like selmassongs really dark and cinematic and sad, she's VERY bitter about matthew barney, talks about how she feels she lost herself and how now her family life is 'dead' and trying to heal.

its still more 'classical' than pop but feels much more personal and grounded than anything she's written in 15 years

Some are saying that Barney left Bjork for Elizabeth Peyton.

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Side note: Matt Barney and DL fave Anderson Cooper were in the same class at Yale, the class of '89.

Some said that in 2009.

[quote]flag: [ww] [ff] [troll-dar] Is it wrong to masturbate to the Cremaster Cycle?

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Hmm, is that poo-poo coming out of Matt Barney's orifice (I assume it's his)?

So, thoughts on the new album?

It's hard to say, given that the leak sounds unmastered. The string arrangements are truly gorgeous, even at this stage.

Stream

I just bought it on iTunes - it just became available today.

So far it's gorgeous. Still spare but the songs are a little less obtuse - a nice mix of "old" and "new" Bjork, I think.

Actually, it's beyond gorgeous. This is a masterpiece.

She recently did an interview in Pitchfork about the album and was crying throughout. It actually made me tear up a bit just to read it. She doesn't seem like the type to cry in front of people, especially strangers.

Her best album in ages, stonemilker is particularly brilliant, it cold have come straight off homogenic. Love the album cover too.

The last two tracks are shit but overall its amazing. Very much a return to form.

Can`t wait for `Rebel Heart ` to come out to see how many `I like it,this is actually good` comments there will be.

Stonemilker is beautiful. Best song on the album. History of Touches and Lionsong are very good as well.

Coz R42 couldn't provide a link:

r32, good. Maybe he can suck the life out her too, and she can take her talentless self-promoting ass out of the art scene.

What the hell would Matthew Barney even see in Elizabeth Peyton? She's an absolutely terrible artist. Is it really worth breaking up a family to go after THAT faux lesbian piece of shit? They had a joint exhibition in 2009 so who knows how long their affair was going on for. I'm surprised the album isn't angrier, Bjork sounds devastated. What an asshole Matthew Barney is.

Peyton and Barney must be very low key, IF they are dating.

I'm listening to Homogenic. This divorce may be the best thing to have happened to Bjork's creativity.

Black Lake is incredibly powerful and the emotional centerpiece of the album. As awful as it is to say, I have to agree with R251 about the divorce. It does seem to be the catalyst she needed to finally let her emotions strongly influence her music again.

barney & peyton

Jesus, Barney looks ancient. He was so fucking beautiful once upon a time.

Yuck, R53. Gruesome couple.

I agree the divorce has also helped, especially vocally. This album has the best vocal performances of her career, so much emotion. I just wish the second half of the album was stronger, it loses a bit of steam after 'Family'.

Is that a vigina on her chest, it is very much a strong female album. I guess that is the point.

I think it represents her heart being ripped out.

Payton is not unlike Bjork physically. Apparently elfin women make Barney's dick hard.

Thanks, r47!

Portrait of a HeartBREAKer:

Give him a beard and he looks like something that crawled out of a cabin in Hillbilly land.

I haven't bought a Bjork album in a decade, but I'm getting the Vulnicura CD.

^ you mean like this?:

Matthew has a aged a lot, sheesh.

Also, the second half of the album loses steam because it represents the months after their breakup when she's trying to sort things out and heal. The only ones I like of those are Atom Dance and Quicksand. For some reason, Mouth Mantra stood out to me when I first heard it, but I'm not so into it now.

R61: he looks like an ordinary nazi.

R66: haha that's funny.

Still, it's rather sad to see this once happy family broken up:

I have to wait till the beginning of March to buy the CD. Bummer.

Starts off with two good songs, then turns back into 2000s territory: boring as fuck. Nice album cover.

What's the big deal about "Black Lake"? It bores me to death.

I saw Bjork in the Brill building about fifteen years ago. She walked barefoot from studio to studio. She's tiny, by the way.

She sounds like she'd be a blast to be around.

[italic]After countless video takes in the cold, Björk could have called it a day. Instead, she invited the crew and some Reykjavik friends to her home for a wrap party that was also, it turned out, Björk’s slightly belated 49th birthday party. One friend’s gift was a scarf painted with Michael Jackson in Pierrot costume, which had her gushing about the “celebration, that sense of merging with other people” in his music. Then came a club crawl, much of it sound-tracked by her iPod.

First she plugged into the sound system of a cafe-bar near her house: Minimalism, gamelan music. Then the group headed into central Reykjavik and a basement club where Björk and her iPod took over for the D.J., playing Chaka Khan, Bollywood and the avant-pop composer Mica Levi. She hopped out of the D.J. booth to dance on the pool table, rolling across it like something in a vintage MTV video. Around midnight, she led her flock to Prikid, a packed hip-hop club, where she danced nonstop, sang along and downed shots of birch schnapps until nearly 4 a.m. “Best! Song! Ever!” she shouted when Amerie’s “1 Thing” hit the sound system.

“I like to do that properly, go all the way when you feel it,” she noted two days later, when she played the album for me in her home studio. “I like the extremes.”[/italic]

Barney and Peyton are indeed a couple, but, understandably, VERY low key.

Art critics are blasting the Bjork exhibit at the MOMA. Has anyone been? How about the live shows?

I hope she comes to play some shows in LA.

Things are not getting better for Bjork. After ditching her for Elizabeth Peyton, Berney wants equal time with their kid. He must have been pissed by Vulnicura.

"Björk's former partner Matthew Barney has reportedly filed a child custody suit against her.

The 49-year-old Army of Me singer shares 12-year-old daughter Isadora with the New York City based multimedia artist.

And according to Page Six, Matthew has accused Björk of hogging their child's time in a new lawsuit he filed at the Brooklyn Supreme Court.

'[Björk] is effectively sacrificing Doa's emotional well-being in favour of her own selfish desires,' Matthew's complaint reportedly reads, in which he refers to Isadora by nickname 'Doa'. '[Björk's] self-focused mindset .?.?. flows, in part, from her belief that as Doa's mother, she has far greater rights than I do as Doa's father; and, in part, from her insistence that I am solely to blame for the breakdown of our relationship and the end of our intact family.'"

Ooops, Barney, not Berney.

He seems insufferable judging by that suit and that face!

And he left her for another woman? What a prick!

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r79, thanks!

During a recent interview at the Sundance Film Festival, Lena Dunham was asked what the last thing she Googled was.

"Pictures of Björk and her ex-husband,” she said.

Ms Vulnicura looking a tad rough:

The NEW happy couple!

Rumor has it that Barney is dating Sheryl Crow -- shit you not.

At least he has a nice cock. He was a hot model too.

That new piece is has looks exactly like Bjork. Creepy.

Who's aging better?

Not without my daughter!

WOOOWW. Bjork is usually so low-key about her relationships (at least outside of music) that its weird to see all these details about her and Barney come out. Not to mention that custody battles are never fun.

Once upon a time...

Isn't she getting too old for this?

The once sacred triangle:

He looks like so many Daddies I see at G Lounge it's not even funny.

G Lounge?

No one here would pass up the opportunity to give him head. lbr

No kidding, R79.

In some of the promo photos for her new album she looks best she's looked in many years. Even glamorous, if that's a word one would associate with Bjork. The split seems to really agree with her, creatively and otherwise.

I think they both are aging the same. He looks like a Nazi.

[quote]Rumor has it that Barney is dating Sheryl Crow -- shit you not.

He is not dating Sheryl Crow. He's dating Peyton. He and Peyton are even featured in a recent cook book by a woman cook (I won't call her a chef) who does dinner parties for celebrity artists.

I am a little surprised at Peyton, I must admit.

Those photos at R86 are from the Marina Abramovic thing at MOMA. I would say that Bjork's face looks open in that photo, and his doesn't.

I agree, R96. She looks better post-break up. Thank god, her music is better too. Let's hope she makes a dance album next.

The WSJ - along with everyone else - eviscerated the Bjork show at MOMA. They said this was the final straw after the pretentious crowd-pleasing crap they have been shoveling during the last 5 years.

...I can't believe the critism some people actually give.its actually scary. Bjork is one of the best female artists out there in the 21st century. Up there with male artist Thom Yorke. And I loved her Biophillia album. Because it is so special. I'm actually sad for those that can't see that beyond all the trash out there that has absolutely nothing to say. I'm sorry but her music is actually stronger than ever. collaborating with David Attenborough and the app she created and the instruments she used and detail. Biophillia reminds us of how we are actually living on a bio-generative planet. A much needed collaboration of science music and technology. And it couldn't be anymore relevant to today. So go try live on mars if you don't like it ;)

Has she heard from SJWs yet for appropriating the Afro hairdo?

..and I am now enjoying her new album Vulnicura. Thank you Bjork for being such an inspiration in my life. Shine bright.

Yuck