Biophilia
Album | Bjork
Dazzlingly produced, wildly ambitious, but unexpectedly flat.
It can never be said that Bjork isn't, above all things, one of the most forward-thinking artists of her era. On Biophilia, the Icelandic songstress seeks to marry technology (in the form of an interactive iPad application) with music that addresses the confusing union of nature and science. Though dazzingly produced, the resulting album is at best something of a mixed bag. Tracks like "Crystalline" and "Mutual Core" successfully mix digital whizzery with Bjork's always amazing voice, but too many other tracks (notably "Hollow" and "Thunderbolt") feel oddly directionless. As per usual, Bjork's aesthetic choices are impeccable -- the accompanying visuals for Biophilia rank among some of the most arresting of her career -- but there's still something to be said for melody and the occasional discernable hook. Unfortunately, Biophilia too often sounds as amorphous and undefined as the cosmos these songs seek to explain.
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