Pitchfork Media is running an exclusive multi-part interview with Icelandic superstar Bjork on her upcoming new album “Volta” (the release date is May 7th). At the end of the first segment Bjork shares her thoughts (and frustrations) concerning religion.

Bjork. Photo by Erez Sabag.

“I mean, the human race, we are a tribe, let’s face it, and let’s stop all this religious bulls**t. I think everybody, or at least a lot of my friends, are just so exhausted with this whole self-importance of religious people. Just drop it. We’re all f**king animals, so let’s just make some universal tribal beat. We’re pagan. Let’s just march.”

This isn’t the first time Bjork has made pro-pagan comments, in previous interviews she has outright said that she’s “inspired by paganism”, and lyrics to many of her songs (most notably “Oceania”, in which she sings from the perspective of “mother Ocean”) contain pagan themes. In addition, she has collaborated musically with Hilmar Orn Hilmarsson, the Chief Godi of the Icelandic Asatru Association.

I have been a fan of Bjork for a long time, so I’m very much looking forward to her new album. Be sure to check out the Pitchfork site for further installments of this interview.

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