We just got done talking about how so many performers have opted to drop their albums by surprise rather than wait for an official release date, with the purpose of dodging leaks. We can't confirm why Björk opted to drop Vulnicura early but lo, the Icelandic alt musician has. BBC News reports that the album appeared on file-sharing websites over the weekend, forcing her to move the album up by nearly two months.
The originally established release date, for March, was intended to correlate with an exhibit on Björk's music and art at the Musuem of Modern Art in New York. Reports from Pitchfork indicate that the physical release of Vulnicura on CD and vinyl will remain in March. The album is available for iTunes. The album has also not yet been made available on streaming services such as Spotify so we can only assume that will need to wait until March as well.
The performer didn't seem nearly as up-in-arms as Madonna did when her Rebel Heart demos dropped online during December, but rather Björk posted a making-of post on Facebook yesterday morning to accompany the digital release. You can read her notes on the concept below:
"I guess i found in my lap one year into writing it a complete heartbreak album . kinda surprised how thoroughly i had documented this in pretty much accurate emotional chronology .... like 3 songs before a break up and three after . so the anthropologist in me sneaked in and i decided to share them as such . first i was worried it would be too self indulgent but then i felt it might make it even more universal . and hopefully the songs could be a help , a crutch to others and prove how biological this process is : the wound and the healing of the wound . psychologically and physically . it has a stubborn clock attached to it."
We'll hold out for that vinyl release.
