Download cocoon bjork7/4/2023 ![]() ![]() There are moments here that may seem eerie or strange, but Vespertine also happens to be Björk’s most accessible and cohesive record in her sizeable catalogue. ![]() It may be a frosty record - the title literally means ‘relating to or occurring in the evening’, when the air is coolest and quietest - but it’s not alienating. ![]() These tones and arrangements provided an idyllic backdrop to songs that mostly take place inside the home, wrapped up with a lover.Ĭonceived while filming Lars von Trier’s divisive musical, Dancer in the Dark, in which Björk starred and for which she wrote the film’s melancholy, whimsical soundtrack, Vespertine is a respite away from the business and chaos of the world. She wanted to craft an album bound by domesticity, inspired by her newfound partnership with avant garde artist Matthew Barney, and delivered a record overflowing with wintry choirs and strings, icicle-delicate music box keyboards and beats. Released 20 years ago today, on August 27, 2001, Björk’s fourth full-length album took the icy exteriors of 1997’s Homogenic and went even further. In a way befitting of its creator, it was daring to release Vespertine in the dog days of summer. ![]()
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