Bjork

Danceable and upbeat, with interludes that collage tracks with the sounds of ships mooring and setting sail, a foghorn's call and response, sea birds, rain, and a train, Volta, the latest chapter in Bjrk's shape-shifting career, is another departure for the artist.

"It was really different from how I usually work," Bjrk says of her self-produced sixth record. "With Homogenic, Vespertine, and Medulla, if there was a starting point, it was rhythms... but with this one, it was different because I knew more emotionally what I wanted. And because I'd done two or three projects in a row that were quite serious, maybe I just needed to get that out of my system or something. So all I...

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