New Music focuses on something just added to the WOXY.com playlist. Today the spotlight is on the new album from Bjork, Volta, which is due out May 8th.

• Three of the album’s tracks feature beats by frequent Missy Elliott and Justin Timberlake producer Timbaland
• The regular version hits stores next week, although a special cd/dvd edition is released in North America on May 22nd and a limited edition gatefold double vinyl pressing of the album is coming this summer
• “Earth Intruders” was inspired by a UNICEF-sponsored trip Bjork took to see the areas in Southeast Asia devasated by the tsunami in 2004

Here are a few reviewers quotes about the new album.

• “Volta is arguably Bjork’s loosest and most ruminative record, and though it touches on everything she’s ever done, it’s not as gripping or coherent as her best stuff.” - Rolling Stone
• “Listen intently, repeatedly, and you’ll hear much to widen your consciousness… But listen for, you know, enjoyment and you’ll be left wanting.” - Observer Music Monthly

Blog Buzz

• Palms Out Sounds has the hot Spank Rock remix of the new single “Earth Intruders”
  
• Brooklyn Vegan is almost as obsessed with Bjork as Shiv

Check out the video for Earth Intruders by following this link….

Also be sure to check Bjork’s official tour blog here.

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