Volta being diverse

It’s such a diverse album, is that the way things came together ?

It did. Especially with ’Medúlla’ I was working a lot in my house, and doing things that could be described musically as not looking in someone’s eye, sort of introverted. And on this album I was very into having every song looking in your eye, always craving for communication. I knew whether I wanted it to be a down track, an up track, everything, but as long as it was looking at you in the eye. I mean, from my point of view I don’t look at it as "aggressive." It is very confrontational in the sense it is always looking at you in the eye. But albums I did like ’Homogenic,’ which I did in ’97, was for me pretty aggressive. I had been under a lot of pressure, and it was kind of my answer to that, and a reaction that I had felt attacked in a certain way, and to attack back. But in this one I think is very vivid, and it’s definitely me at the top of my toes being as vibrant as I can be. But I don’t look at it as being "aggressive," I mean, it’s in your face, but I think it’s pretty healthy and pretty happy. At least compared to me. [laugh] Which is probably "sick" for other people... Nah, just kidding. [laugh]

XFM Interview, April 2007