Björk's Volta - initial thoughts

It usually takes me a while to digest Björk's works. This is the certainly going to be the case w/ Volta as well. What I can say is that "Wanderlust" is very good. Also, this album juxtaposes a vast array of organic sounds (brass, Guqin (maybe)pipa, and acoustic guitars) w/ extremely distorted and dissonant synths. It's partially b/c of such a juxtaposition that I like "Wanderlust" so much.

I am, however, disappointed w/ Antony Hegarty's vox on 2 tracks ("Dull Flame of Desire" and "My Juvenile"). She should have used Mike Patton or Thom Yorke again.

Songs like "Innocence" and "Hope" remind me a lot of Post. This, while "Declare Independence" vies w/ NIN's "The Great Destroyer" or other songs from Year Zero for most noisy song of the year. I sincerely doubt that I'll end up thinking Volta surpasses Year Zero as the best album of the year so far. I'm still waiting to hear the new albums from Smashing Pumpkins, 50 Cent, Dr. Dre, Radiohead, and Metallica. It would really be nice if I could find some new and good artists, but I'm not about to get my hopes up.