Strings scream while the horns climax to a victorious crescendo. Then, without warning, the drums theatrically give out and the song calms to a satiated hum. So, the record definitely has its great moments. The problem is, there are only two of them. But ultimately, it's the songs that matter, and these ones, for the most part, fail to live up to Bj rk's past offerings.
Artists are notorious for tossing off uninspired fluff when Hollywood calls.
Also, the album is actually a collaborative effort, rather than a lone Bj rk project. Stack all this on top of the fact that the lyrics and music were all created specifically to fit the style and substance of the film, and it suddenly doesn't seem all that bad. Bj rk's official follow-up to Homogenic , Domestika , is due out next year. And of course, it could go either way. If Selmasongs is the side project it appears to be, we can still expect great things in 2001.