![]() Per an interview with Pitchfork 's Jazz Monroe, Björk says the album began as "very conceptual, like: 'This is the clarinet album!' Then halfway through, I was like, 'Fuck that. "Allow" is an outtake from the sessions for Utopia, that was rearranged for Fossora. The album was also set to feature contributions from the Venezuelan producer Arca like Björk's previous two albums Vulnicura (2015) and Utopia (2017), but due to the pandemic, Björk was unable to visit her in Barcelona or to welcome her at home. The album features contributions from American singer Serpentwithfeet, Björk's two children Sindri and Ísadóra, Indonesian dance duo Gabber Modus Operandi, and bass clarinet sextet Murmuri. Keeping with the album's themes, its title is the ungrammatical feminine version of the Latin word for "digger". The album was conceptualized during the COVID-19 lockdowns after Björk travelled to Iceland to record. In the album's liner notes, the former is subtitled "a eulogy for Hildur Rúna", and the latter is subtitled "an epitaph for Hildur Rúna". It received a nomination for Best Alternative Music Album at the 65th Annual Grammy Awards, becoming Björk's ninth consecutive nomination in the category.įossora was partially inspired by the 2018 death of Björk's mother, Hildur Rúna Hauksdóttir the songs "Sorrowful Soil" and " Ancestress" are about her, as well as how Björk dealt with her grief. Commercially, the album debuted at number 11 on the UK Albums Chart and at number 100 on the US Billboard 200. ![]() The album was recorded mainly during the COVID-19 pandemic and centers around the theme of isolation, loss, and grief, mainly of the death of her mother, Hildur Rúna Hauksdóttir, in 2018. It was released on 30 September 2022 through One Little Independent Records. "Play Dead" was originally written for the film The Young Americans, and was added to later printings of the album after it became a minor hit.Fossora is the tenth studio album by Icelandic singer-musician Björk.
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