New Björk LP Slated for Fall, Live LPs Due in June
Completists to be beaten, robbed by the homeless

It's finally time to dig that old swan dress out of the closet: Björk, patron saint of Icelandic musical invention, has brought news of progress on her forthcoming album, still tentatively titled The Lake Experience. Although it continues to loom foggy on the horizon, the disc is presently being recorded in New York City, and is now slated for a late 2004 release. It will be her fifth solo studio full-length, excluding such treatz as the youthful Gling-Gló</I>, the remix project Telegram, and the music-from-and-inspired-by Dancer in the Dark EP Selmasongs.

According to sources at her official website, The Lake Experience will continue Björk's long and heralded tradition of featuring outrageous guest musicians. Here, she'll pair up with "famed" Japanese beatboxer Dokaka, who is said to have garnered "worldwide" "notoriety" for his elaborate and unique style. To date, the man has released we-don't-even-know-how-many shockingly precise a cappella renditions of time-tested favorites. Among the victims are King Crimson's "21st Century Schizoid Man", and-- if you can guess only one-- Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit".

Of course, that's not all she plans to release. Employing similar strategies to those used by Lt. Robert Pollard to fell entire armies of pocketbooks, Björk is once again set to milk her rabid fanbase for every potential penny with no less than four live albums-- one for every album she's released. Slated to hit stores on June 1st, Debut Live, Post Live, Homogenic Live and Vespertine Live will feature live renditions of every song from their respective original LPs in the exact same running order. And for optimum dollar-fetching, the discs will be released individually, freeing them from the exclusive and intricate case design of her recent and massive box set. Additionally, those of you who enjoy listening to music in the smallest possible medium will be pleased to hear that the LPs are being issued on outmoded MiniDisc, for whatever reason.

This move comes on the heels of other meaningless fans-only Björk releases, which to date include nearly 60 slightly varying CD singles, a whopping seven box sets (some of which compile said singles), a greatest hits package, and like ten DVDs. There's satiating the endless needs of your fanbase, and then there's just being evil. Class-action, anyone?

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