The Gate

1er single du 9^e album solo de Björk Utopia

hello ,
it is time for the good news and healing to commence : there is a brand spanking new björk single approaching us , and we would like to give you the opportunity to secure one for yourself before everyone else . we think that is what you might want , and if you think so too , then we are all thinking as one , which is great !
anyway ! the single is called ’the gate’ , a push toward healing the hurts of the past and letting new color into life . it comes out on one-sided 12" vinyl on september 22 , but will be available for digital download on september 18 ; we hope you enjoy the love and let it help you find yourself in these troubled times .
be well , and stay safe ,

bjork.com

Infos

Le vinyle de The Gate est limité à 3000 exemplaires (source), et contient une version alternative du morceau, avec un mixage différent et une coda à la flûte.

Sample de l’album de Jean C. Roché

Presse

Björk just released a new single, and it’s straight-up haunting. “The Gate” clocks in at over six minutes, and features Björk’s ruminations on love. At one point, Björk claims that she “didn’t use to be so needy” after asking for reciprocal love in her lyrics : “If you care for me, care for me … And then I’ll care for you, care for you.” The poetic new song, which features flute, dissonance, and Björk’s trademark siren-like voice, is off of Björk’s forthcoming album that will be out in November.

Vulture

Bjork introduces her still-untitled 9th LP with “The Gate” and it’s a sprawling, 6-minute+ ambient adventure. “My healed chest wound, transformed into a gate,” the Icelandic iconoclast muses over new age synths and layered vocals. “Where I receive love from, where I give love from.” The track then ambles towards its chorus over the kind of relaxing bleeps and beeps usually reserved for yoga studios. “And I care for you, care for you,” she wails. “I care for you, care for you.”
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“The Gate” could be interpreted as modern poetry or complete gibberish depending on your standpoint, but it’s undeniably gorgeous and easy on the ears. Think Enya on acid.

Idolator

The six-and-a-half-minute track opens like a hymn, with psalm-style vocals and minimal accompaniment followed by a series of digitized vocables reminiscent of singing whales. “My healed chest wound/Transformed into a gate,” Björk sings. What constitutes a hook—a repeated refrain of “I care for you, care for you”—is complemented by softly puttering synths, which become increasingly layered as the track progresses, punctuated by discrete moments of silence. “The Gate” reprises the stark emotionality of Vulnicura, but, if possible, the singer seems even more vulnerable : “Didn’t used to be so needy/Just more broken than normal,” she laments.

Slant Magazine

“I care for you, care for you/You care for me, care for me,” Björk declares in “The Gate,” the first glimpse of her next album. It’s a meditation on the possibility of love, at first speculative and then emphatic ; it also makes a direct transition from the imagery of her 2015 heartbreak album, “Vulnicura” : “My healed chest wound transformed into a gate/where I receive a love from, where I give a love from.” Untethered to a beat, the song moves in fitful gusts of melody, as Björk’s voice sets off flurries of flutes, of choir, of subtle electronics. It’s simultaneously bold and intimate.

NY Times

Crédits

Paroles : Björk
Ecriture : Björk et Arca
Production : Björk et Arca
Mixage : Marta Salogni

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