The Big Mates discuss Goddesses, beauty, GoldenEye, and Debut by Björk.

Adam, Steve, and Lucas continue their exploration of the career of Björk and their track-by-track analysis of her first studio album.

They explore the composition, tone, lyrics, meaning, and context for each song in turn - all from three differing perspectives, from being deeply into music and analysis, to not caring for art or critique, and everything in between!

They also look at how the writing of the album was inspired by Björk's feelings in an unfamiliar city, her integration into the club scene, and a potentially mythological recording technique...

How does the tone of the album keep changing? How is Lucas’ plant doing? How old are we? Find out on this episode of What Is Music?

Our next episode is out next week, Monday Monday July 6th, and will conclude our thoughts on Debut!

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The Big Mates discuss Mr. Oizo, the Second Summer of Love, Space Jam, and Debut by Björk.

Adam, Steve, and Lucas begin their dissection of her first solo album by looking at how Björk wrote and recorded the album, the collaborations she sought to help her, and the thought behind the various styles found on the record.

They also find time to explore a brief history of the relationship between the UK and electronic dance music, before starting the track-by-track analysis of the album, exploring the composition, sound, lyrics, meaning, and context for each song in turn - all from three differing perspectives, from being deeply into music and analysis, to not caring for art or critique, and everything in between!

How does Björk kick off her solo career? What do we know about electronic dance music? Where are Lucas’ security weaknesses? Find out on this episode of What Is Music?

Our next episode is out next week, Monday June 29th, and will continue the deep-dive into Björk's first album!

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The Big Mates provide a special kind of audio accompaniment for a variety of clips from across the career of The Sugarcubes.

Adam, Steve, and Lucas discuss Icelandic cuisine, currency conversion rates, successful side projects, milk, Top of the Pops, Joan Jett, Netflix podcasts, and MTV programming whilst watching some music videos for the band’s biggest hits, footage of them performing on TV, and archival footage of Björk’s earlier projects.

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Or don't watch along - the episode works fine either way!

Our next episode comes out Monday June 22nd, and sees us dive into Björk’s first solo album - Debut!

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