01. Liars - Army Of Me (4:41)
02. Dirty Projectors - Hyperballad (4:05)
03. High Places - The Modern Things (3:21)
04. Bell - It’s Oh So Quiet (2:49)
05. Pattern Is Movement - Enjoy (2:53)
06. Evangelicals - You’ve Been Flirting Again (2:25)
07. Xiu Xiu - Isobel (3:04)
08. Final Fantasy & Ed Droste - Possibly Maybe (5:17)
09. White Hinterland - I Miss You (4:27)
10. El Guincho - Cover Me (4:12)
11. Atlas Sound - Headphones (5:48)
12. No Age - It’s Oh So Quiet (Alternate Take) (3:43)

 

After discarding our release-date almanac, someone suggested Björk. It was late, and we don't remember who said what, but it was a great idea. Debut, her first post-Sugarcubes album came out in 1993, which could count for a nice and even 15 years in 2008, but Post was the obvious choice: It's a stronger album top to bottom -- a culmination of her work to that point. It includes any number of iconic tracks and due to the richness and variety of Björk's self-described "spastic" palette, an infinite number of interpretive possibilities. Think, for example, of "It's Oh So Quiet," Björk's big-band cover of Betty Hutton's "Blow a Fuse," the almost industrial noise of "Army Of Me," the wispy, avant ambiance of "Cover Me," etc. When we spoke with Björk about her thoughts on Post, our choice seemed even more appropriate.