Here it is boys and girls!

Soi, we finally have the new Robyn album. We say album, but most of us are now aware of her fabulous plans to create three mini-albums forming a large, cohesive super-album upon release of all three. So here is Body Talk Pt. 1. Where do we start!?

First up on the album is "Don't Fucking Tell Me What to Do", a quite powerful and angry rant against everything publications like the Daily Mail love to tell us will kill us - excellent opener. Kind of has the same energy of "Konichiwa Bitches" - no scrap that, it's far more energetic and a tad darker. The Röyksopp produced "None of Dem" was a 'grower' at first but boy has it grown. The beat is infectious and will soon have you proclaiming the lyrics to your laptop. "I'm so bored in this town/Take me away from here" speaks to a fairly large portion of Robyn's fan base. It's a fucking hot song, basically.

"Fembot", "Cry When You Get Older" and "Dance Hall Queen" are a stunning trio of fiery, confident anthems dealing with overlapping themes (we could whip up a quick Venn diagram? (Ed: erm...)) and messages. What Robyn's trying to say is keep on dancing, be yourself, don't fuck around. Amazing. She's said before that Neneh Cherry was a massive influence on her growing up, and it shows in Body Talk Pt. 1 more than anything in her library before this. The metronome beats, the aggressively feminine lyrical themes and essentially extremely cool, icey pop - classic Neneh and only Robyn could translate that into music worthy of 2010.

"Hang With Me" is a devastatingly beautiful song - think of it telling the events that happened after "Be Mine", but take away the remotely uptempo landscape behind that song's decieving lyrics - which isn't the best song to listen to when you're not feeling your best. An extremely moving song from our Ms. Carlsson, which nicely brings us to the standout highlight of the album. The equally gorgeous and sorrowful "Dancing With Myself" screams with the heartache of the singer in the aftermath of a break-up yet accompanied with intoxicating layers of melodramatic synthesisers instead of a piano. If "With Every Heartbeat" demanded a cousin on Body Talk Pt. 1, you'd find it in this very song. Stunningly sad.

So overall? An exceptionally meaty collection of songs spanning a wide spectrum of emotion, from the pain of a break-up to the defiance and energy in recovery. Apparently these were just the first eight songs to spill out in the recording sessions for the Body Talk project, so if the music continues to evolve we will only improve. Well done Robyn. It's been worth the wait.