After a two years hiatus, Robyn has returned with the first of three albums to be released this year, 'Body Talk Part 1'. The brilliant lead single 'Dancing On My Own' found the singer in familiar territory to her breakthrough hit 'With Every Heartbeat'; an electro-dance pop beat with melancholic lyrics lamenting love lost and vowing to carry on. Whilst her previous eponymously titled album was full of hits, so far the 'Body Talk' series has yet to really impress. That said the 7-track CD is not without it's charm, with the exception of the lead single, the track 'Cry When You Get Older' is 80's hip-pop heaven - something Robyn is very good at.
However one of the stand-out tracks is the closing number 'The Girl and the Robot'. Not really a new track, it first featured as a single from the band Röyksopp in 2009 with Robyn's vocals and gained wide spread critical kudos in Europe before being included on Robyn's own album. Described as "a demented choral, electronical masterpiece", 'Robot' finds Robyn in full-on obsessive bunny-boiler mode with lyrics set to a back drop of haunting sounds and back-up vocals. Even for an artist as experminetal and unique as Robyn, the track is "out-there".
Let's hope that as the 'Body Talk' series continues it will continue to provide more of the same. Check out 'The Girl and the Robot' below.
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