This is a leaked video for Bjork’s song “Earth Intruders” which is off of her recently released “Volta” album. It is being sold as Bjork’s best album ever since Debut and Post, the main difference being that Bjork has supposedly decided to stop being so serious about her music and start having fun again.

I used to be very into Bjork, perhaps to an unhealthy degree when I was younger, but after her Homegenic album I lost interest in her music. It really didn’t strike interest in me. Personally I thought it was her relationship with artist Matthew Barney that made the work uninteresting.

Matthew Barney is big on believing the best art and expressions comes through when one’s abilities are restrained or hampered in some way. He was known to do things like try to paint while his limbs were being pulled towards a wall by elastic bands, reducing his ability to paint like he wanted to. I figured Bjork was doing something similar, purposely sabotaging her work or her ability to create expressive music for some pointless creative ideal.

There is a definite difference in Volta from her more recent releases. It is much like her first two albums, Debut and Post, but still seems to suffer a little bit of whatever it is that I don’t like about her more recent albums. Still, Volta has some really top notch songs on it that I’ve now got stuck in my head.

BTW, the YouTube video above can’t be viewed here. You can follow this link: Earth Intruders Video

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