Fossora

Pitchfork 8.4/10 With her 10th album, Björk is grounded back on earth, searching for hope in death, mushrooms, and matriarchy, and finding it in bass clarinet and gabber beats.

The Line of Best Fit 9/10 Bjork’s tenth album Fossora is a celebration of family, friendship and beats - and it bangs harder than any Bjork record has in a very long time.

Evening Standard 4/5 A product of the Icelandic musician’s ‘fungus period’, this album requires full immersion

Rolling Stone 4/5 Review: Bjork's 'Fossora'

The Independent 4/5 The album title is a feminised word for miner or digger, and its lyrical language taps into themes of deep-rooted connectivity and bursts of fleshy fruition

The Forty Five 4/5 On her tenth studio album, Björk digs deep. Read our review of the brilliantly experimental 'Fossora'.

Under The Radar 7.0/10 Fossora—the ungrammatical feminine version of the Latin term for “digger”—finds Icelandic art pop icon Björk’s roots clinging firmly to the earth as she advances her signature wintry avant-pop soundscapes, exploring concerns of identity, mourning, and the longing for connection in an increasingly isolated world.

Clash 8/10 There's no point pretending any more - Björk doesn't make music for you or me. She doesn't make music for charts or for her label or for good

The Observer 4/5 The pop auteur’s 10th album deals with the death of her mother and the dawn of new love by digging deep into Dutch techno, bass clarinets and fungi

Loud and Quiet 8/10 Fossora by Björk: yet another striking left turn from the Icelandic legend, with deep, beautifully-expressed emotions at its core

Slant 3/5 Björk's 'Fossora' missteps is in how it pulls all of its disparate musical influences together. Read our review.

The Telegraph 4/5 Björk goes Björkers, Gabriels is the band we need right now, Slipknot retain their nihilism, Yeah Yeah Yeahs resist the indie-sleaze revival

The Irish Times 4/5 Icelandic musician’s 10th album was written after her mother’s death and the birth of her grandson