In 1997, Björk felt she needed to be a warrior. A confluence of events – a couple of busted romantic relationships, a terrifying stalker incident, accumulated exhaustion from the first few years of ...

The singer throws up lyrics about pursuit and desertion. A snare drum lightly skips across a series of bass pinpoints, an organic foundation unthinkable before techno. The song’s called “Hunter,” and ...

In terms of success, Björk’s career has always been characterized by periods of ebb and flow, an inevitable consequence of experimentation. While “Post” (1995),“Homogenic” (1997) and “Vespertine” ...

The singer throws up lyrics about pursuit and desertion. A snare drum lightly skips across a series of bass pinpoints, an organic foundation unthinkable before techno. The song's called "Hunter," and ...

Before I bought Björk's third album, Homogenic, in an Our Price in Kent with some birthday vouchers, I had only ever listened to Michael Jackson. That's not an exaggeration. Call it blind fandom ...

Rock bottom is a really tough place to be at any time, let alone when you're trying to make a career defining album. Björk has described the lead up to making her third record, Homogenic, as being one ...

Since leaving The Sugarcubes, Björk has never really bothered with redundancy, unpredictably dabbling in accessibly quirky pop ("Army Of Me"), cloyingly cutesy schmaltz ("It's Oh So Quiet"), and an ...

In our latest essay in which a critic reflects on culture that brings them joy, Holly Williams writes about the remarkable remedial power of the Icelandic icon’s 1997 album Homogenic. We often hear ...

If Radiohead sit on their throne as the collective kings of my test tracks playlist, it’s only right that Björk should be considered, albeit somewhat clunkily, their Icelandic queen. During my time as ...