Utopia doesn't have a lot of that initial accessible appeal so you only get the delayed, slow unpeeling of the artistry.īut I do think it is bloated, and I do think that the songs intentionally have a static quality, either lots of extended repetition - The Gate - or a marked lack of variation - Features Creatures, Body Memory - where the verses and choruses aren't dramatically distinct, which can be a bit challenging or feel unexciting. but then you dig down and feel the artistry.
A lot of her earlier albums have an instant melodic and rhythmic appeal, danceable, singable etc. To me it's the difference between instant and delayed gratification.
#DISSONANT UTOPIA FALLS FULL#
And in that case I would agree, this is Björk’s worst mastered studio album to date IMO the flutes and beats sound all smushed together, nothing has enough space to “breathe”, and it’s quite ironic being such an “airy” album full of wind instruments, some bad choices were made there.Īs to where this ranks in her disco overall, I think it’s in the bottom for sure, but (I think) still better than Volta and Biophilia.Īnyway! Let’s hope the new one rocks a lot more :) I think many people here mentioning the mix sounding “muddy” actually mean the mastering. A few times listening to Utopia I felt as if she was singing to herself, like making herself believe how she could get out of the sorrow and all that, and it felt strangely distant to me. It’s funny cause I went through so many personal losses around the same time as she did and as Vulnicura came out, and I completely fell in love with that record, but I couldn’t relate in the same way with this one. I cannot say why but the melody of Saint sounds like something out of a Disney soundtrack, it’s so well-crafted, though lacking in energy a little to my taste. Either you like it or you don’t.īeing a musician myself I get what she was trying to do here, but the result is something I honestly don’t enjoy listening as a whole, the exception being just a few tracks: Arisen My Senses, Blissing Me, Gate and Tabula Rasa (even though the lyrics here are cringe-worthy, the music is superb). song structure shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone either at this point. Here I’ll also add that she was very outspoken about wanting to “break free” from the verse-chorus-verse form since Biophilia, so the lack of trad. But to be fair, this is nothing new, she’s been on this path for many years now (probably since Vespertine/Medúlla) so people shouldn’t be surprised. I don’t like that it being 70+ minutes she spends most of that time doing what sounds like improvising her singing or trying to add another layer on top of the already cluttered songs. First, let me say I agree with a lot of the comments before, so I’ll just add my 2 cents:
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