Before Bjork put Iceland on the musical map, she was a member of The Sugarcubes. It was strange, wonderful sounds they made. I think it was a bit too different for most American audiences, and Bjork's personality, larger than life in her solo career, has been a paparazzi favorite, even as she continues to make even more strange, more wonderful music. Part of the oddness, I think, is that accent - English coming out of a mouth used to making Icelandic sounds is just, well, different. This is the first song through which they made their mark, twenty years ago (!) now, "Cold Sweat".
