Fossora
Heavy bass clarinets meet explosive gabber beats in an organic, earthbound exploration of grief, family roots, and fungal networks.
Heavy bass clarinets meet explosive gabber beats in an organic, earthbound exploration of grief, family roots, and fungal networks.
Earthbound return
Six low-register bass clarinets rumble beneath your feet like shifting soil before sudden, violent bursts of techno disrupt the dark. Written in Icelandic isolation, these songs smell of damp earth and decaying leaves. It is a heavy, physical listen that pulls you down into the quiet, tangled roots of grief and family.
Brooding saturates this record far more than the artist's norm.
Critics widely embraced the album as a deeply human and grounding experience, warmly receiving its thematic focus on family, grief, and connection to the earth. Reviewers broadly admired the rich musical landscape, which beautifully balances heavy electronic beats with the soft, organic textures of bass clarinets.
“Her latest is vast, challenging, and beautifully human”Read review
“While whittling down its ambitions might have produced a more cohesive set, Fossora bursts with evocative lyrical interpretations of the world around us, with pioneering sonic juxtapositions and tangible emotional stakes”Read review
“With her 10th album, Björk is grounded back on earth, searching for hope in death, mushrooms, and matriarchy, and finding it in bass clarinet and gabber beats”Read review
“The Icelandic icon’s lockdown album was produced in a period of isolation and grief, but her tenth record retains its warmth and accessibility”Read review
“Ultimately, Fossora is another step in Björk’s perpetual evolution as an artist”Read review
“A celebration of family, friendship and beats that bang hard”Read review
“The album title is a feminised word for miner or digger, and its lyrical language taps into themes of deep-rooted connectivity and bursts of fleshy fruition”Read review
“On the Icelandic icon’s 10th album, intricately arranged songs of grief and love initially come off imposing, but gradually build a fascinating world”Read review
“The pop auteur’s 10th album deals with the death of her mother and the dawn of new love by digging deep into Dutch techno, bass clarinets – and fungi”Read review
“To hear someone so comfortable in their own creative process, binding the childhood inquisitiveness that’s never left them to the artistic confidence that they’ve developed over more than three decades, is a delight and a privilege”Read review
“Tenth album finds inspiration in nature and humanity, upholding her uncompromising, singular vision with a synthesis of the digital and the organic”Read review
“On this soul-nourishing tour de force, her one-of-a-kind mix of innovation and emotion is as inspiring as it’s ever been over her decades-long career.”Read review
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