KUKL "The eye"

The album starts with Assassin, a nice post-punk-track, which reminds me a bit of the Sugarcubes-song "Traitor". But "Assassin" contains a lot more instruments, which makes it sound more powerful. The guitars are all the way backed up by bells and pipes. Einar's vocals are as haunting as always, and Björk's whispering something incomprehensible in the background. The song ends up with a terrible scream, then the album goes on with "Anna". "Anna" is half sung and half spoken. It's got a moody atmosphere and the flutes and drums, makes it sounds a bit folk-song-like. The instrumental parts of the song are extremely beautiful and the chorus is even better. An obvious choice for a video. The third track "Open the window and let the spirit fly free" is an ordinary Björk/Einar-duet, which could have been taken from in fact any Sugarcubes-album. "Moonbath", which is the fourth track, is a quite harmonic piece of work with Björk's beautiful voice, backed up by pipes and bells.

Then the album goes on with "Dismembered", another post-punk-track. The most surprising thing about the song, is the fact that many of the guitar-sounds has been replaced with pipes and bells. "Seagull", the following track is a lot more harmonic, with Björk's beautiful voice, backed up by some spoken lines from Einar. The two least interesting tracks on "The eye" are the two last ones. "The spire" becomes quite annoying and "Handa tjolla" gives us about two minutes of percussion-practise.

"The eye" is quite a simple record, compared to Björk's other works, but the big variety of instruments still makes it interesting. The songs are very Cubes-like, but with a darker, but also more harmonic atmosphere. The record has also got a great artistic value, since it's the beginning of the development of the typical Cubes-sound. Every Björk-fan, or at least every Sugarcubes-fan, should have a copy of "The eye".