björk’s fossora was inspired by fungi and a sound she earlier described as “biological techno”. That very much checks out, and as usual, reinvents genre. The tenth studio album from the experimental art icon is the sound of nature burgeoning its way through the soil from its most microscopic spore, with her production conflating gooey, minimalist electronic bleeps and bloops with that of each track’s own little string symphony, bringing to mind the fantastical sounds of early Disney Merrie Melodies compositions, but obviously embellished into a view on greater existential that only björk – and her collaborators in Kasimyn, Emilie Nicolas, Serpentwithoutfeet, and daughters Sindri and Ísadóra – could create through her futuristic sonic naturalist vision. The journey, at almost an hour in length, reaps and sews with the seasons of birth, decay, and death where love, partnerships, motherhood and familial bonds eventually return their energy back to the soil. As with all things björk, to begin again is a matter of evolving reinvention.

Highlights: “Atopos”, “Fungal City”, “Her Mother’s House”

björk’s fossora is available now on One Little Independent Records.

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