The Knife "Silent Shout" March 2006

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If the Destroyer is to be released in February, and it leaked 4 days ago, this should be leaked in 3 weeks...

Predictions, surprises, hints? Anyone?

― Jay Watts III (jaywatts), Wednesday, 14 December 2005 23:36 (7 years ago) Permalink

holy shit!

― cutty (mcutt), Wednesday, 14 December 2005 23:43 (7 years ago) Permalink

I can't decide which is a more shittily misleading name, Destroyer or Teh Knife.

― Falling down the stairs again (noodle vague), Wednesday, 14 December 2005 23:44 (7 years ago) Permalink

I think The Knife do sound a lot like a knife.

― Sororah T Massacre (blueski), Wednesday, 14 December 2005 23:44 (7 years ago) Permalink

wait, the destroyer shit leaked? oooooooooooh, can someone upload that shit? i loved Your Blues.

― Tynan DeLong (TynanTynan!), Wednesday, 14 December 2005 23:45 (7 years ago) Permalink

there is nothing misleading about the knife'e name. steve OTM.

― cutty (mcutt), Wednesday, 14 December 2005 23:48 (7 years ago) Permalink

Exactly what does a knife sound like?

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 14 December 2005 23:49 (7 years ago) Permalink

listen to "deep cuts" before asking that question.

― cutty (mcutt), Wednesday, 14 December 2005 23:50 (7 years ago) Permalink

(rimshot)

― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Thursday, 15 December 2005 04:05 (7 years ago) Permalink

What is this Destroyer thing? Is it a new Knife single?
Did it leak on Soulseek or something like Oink?
Please?

― Who, Thursday, 15 December 2005 15:12 (7 years ago) Permalink

This new album BETTER have steel drums on the majority/all of the tracks. Every song from 'Deep Cuts' that used them turned gold.

― Patrick South (Patrick South), Thursday, 15 December 2005 16:32 (7 years ago) Permalink

"Destroyer" upload somewhat please yeah. I think The Knife may have discreetly become my favourite thing, of all. Possibly the first album is even more perfect than Deep Cuts.

― Alex in Doncaster (Alex in Doncaster), Thursday, 15 December 2005 23:14 (7 years ago) Permalink

"Cop" part 2? "I shoot you in the face you motherfucker." It's so all in caps, I don't know, that one always makes me laugh.
Even though I once listened to only "Girls Night Out" for about a week straight, I can't seem to call the Knife above and beyond. I think I can only listen to their stuff repetetively because...well, I think someone around here on another thread actually said this, something about them being attention grabbing yet instantly forgettable. I guess it's because the most of their melodies are sort of this flatline sound pattern.
I don't know, maybe that makes them "above and beyond."
But I don't know whether it's their underlying cheese or just a sarcasm, but they still have this surface quality of embarrasment that I would never bring to a car full of people. not that I care. but. shrug.

I'm betting Silent Shout won't be too large a departure, considering that title sort of goes with their whole motif. I'd like to hear it, though.

― mox twelve (Mox twleve), Friday, 16 December 2005 20:13 (7 years ago) Permalink

Sony uses José González cover of "Heartbeats" in new Bravia commercial:

http://www.bravia-advert.com/music/index.html

The commercial itself is pretty kewl, but they seem to be jonesing pretty hard over JG.

― nancyboy (nancyboy), Saturday, 17 December 2005 13:28 (7 years ago) Permalink

3 weeks pass...

Here's the new Knife song, 'Silent Shout'. It's not great. Not when set next to Heartbeats. People I've played it to have variously described it as "a bit Jean Michel Jarre" and "spoo-ooky goth shit" and "that bloody keyboard bit makes me feel like I'm ill and I need to hold my nose to blow out my ears".

http://s7.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1CN1IZ4ZKQM6A1I51IMKW3UHMW

― Affectian (Affectian), Saturday, 7 January 2006 00:25 (7 years ago) Permalink

That song is surprisingly bad.

― Patrick South (Patrick South), Saturday, 7 January 2006 15:38 (7 years ago) Permalink

oh, you just want heartbeats pt 2?

― cutty (mcutt), Saturday, 7 January 2006 16:07 (7 years ago) Permalink

YETH

― Affectian (Affectian), Saturday, 7 January 2006 16:27 (7 years ago) Permalink

It's a grower, not a shower

― davidsim (davidsim), Sunday, 8 January 2006 01:37 (7 years ago) Permalink

i like it. kind of evil.

― cutty (mcutt), Sunday, 8 January 2006 04:02 (7 years ago) Permalink

i like it. i wish the vocal hook was more pronounced, but still knife goodness.

― cheshire_05, Sunday, 8 January 2006 13:29 (7 years ago) Permalink

I love it, but it wouldn't make the slightest difference to me if the vocals were removed altogether. It's like a lost Orbital track or something...

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Sunday, 8 January 2006 14:18 (7 years ago) Permalink

The synth playing is really poor though. I mean, if there's not going to be a hook (there doesn't have to be...but this IS a single), then it should at least be sonically interesting. There's just nothing to this song.

― Patrick South (Patrick South), Sunday, 8 January 2006 14:57 (7 years ago) Permalink

The new The Knife album will be called "silent shout" like the first single.
http://www.theknife.net/o0o.html

― Besh, Sunday, 8 January 2006 15:10 (7 years ago) Permalink

thanks, braniac, what do you think this thread is for?

― cutty (mcutt), Sunday, 8 January 2006 15:29 (7 years ago) Permalink

BRAINIAC.

― cutty (mcutt), Sunday, 8 January 2006 15:33 (7 years ago) Permalink

this song is brilliant. dark and scary and gorgeous.

― lovetodie, Tuesday, 10 January 2006 15:19 (7 years ago) Permalink

video looks creepy

― Sororah T Massacre (blueski), Tuesday, 10 January 2006 15:22 (7 years ago) Permalink

where is video?

― cutty (mcutt), Tuesday, 10 January 2006 15:26 (7 years ago) Permalink

just going by the stills on the site

― Sororah T Massacre (blueski), Tuesday, 10 January 2006 15:47 (7 years ago) Permalink

Because some people thinks the new album is called "destroyer". Braniac...always loves misspelled insults...

― Besh, Tuesday, 10 January 2006 18:10 (7 years ago) Permalink

even though she doesn't talk much specifically about "Silent shout", here's a new interview with Karin from The Knife: http://www.itsatrap.com/index.php?article=161

(done together with Jenny Wilson who you might also know from that "List of demands" clip with Robyn)

― Avi (Avi), Tuesday, 17 January 2006 16:41 (7 years ago) Permalink

i listened to the radio rip but surely it's a (trancey) remix rather than the original?!

― Sororah T Massacre (blueski), Tuesday, 17 January 2006 16:48 (7 years ago) Permalink

is the Jenny Wilson LP any good? i do like her vocals on 'You Take My Breath Away' a lot.

― Sororah T Massacre (blueski), Tuesday, 17 January 2006 16:49 (7 years ago) Permalink

decide for yourself, the entire album is available for streaming: http://www.jennywilson.net/flash.htm

― Avi (Avi), Tuesday, 17 January 2006 16:53 (7 years ago) Permalink

The single's been released on iTunes.

― JoB (JoB), Tuesday, 17 January 2006 17:48 (7 years ago) Permalink

Instant reaction = I really like it, it reminds me of Sasha (!) and for the first time in ages I'm genuinely excited by remix prospects.

― Sororah T Massacre (blueski), Wednesday, 18 January 2006 13:51 (7 years ago) Permalink

leak'd

― cutty (mcutt), Saturday, 21 January 2006 15:54 (7 years ago) Permalink

first listen right now it seems good.

― Hairy Asshurt (Toaster), Saturday, 21 January 2006 17:27 (7 years ago) Permalink

like a pen is awesome

― Hairy Asshurt (Toaster), Saturday, 21 January 2006 17:36 (7 years ago) Permalink

this is cold, dark, and evil. it is fantastic. very much a winter album!

― cutty (mcutt), Saturday, 21 January 2006 18:51 (7 years ago) Permalink

please someone upload this album for me. PLEASEEEEE

cutty?

― yo, Saturday, 21 January 2006 20:04 (7 years ago) Permalink

the captain:

http://s38.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=343N4XRLKCH9Z0X6UFK23YICFL

we share our mother's health:

http://s38.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3BTHI67MBGR770M7U6WZELEQM6

― cutty (mcutt), Saturday, 21 January 2006 20:36 (7 years ago) Permalink

Oh my, "Like A Pen" is fantastic.

― van igloo (van smack), Saturday, 21 January 2006 21:46 (7 years ago) Permalink

holy damn, those two songs are something else!

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Saturday, 21 January 2006 22:47 (7 years ago) Permalink

yeah the beat of "mother's health" is completely bonkers. and obv, the vocals.

― cutty (mcutt), Sunday, 22 January 2006 00:02 (7 years ago) Permalink

cutty you rule. thanks so much. can you keep doing more?
i saw you like circlesquare, have you heard his Xmas song he sent out?

his grizzly bear remix is great
that whole remix cd is great

― yo, Sunday, 22 January 2006 01:46 (7 years ago) Permalink

Here's "Like A Pen"

http://s5.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1NCJ8MO3L36VJ39UZPBCXGL0OD

― the dude abides, Sunday, 22 January 2006 02:08 (7 years ago) Permalink

i don't know how comfortable i feel with posting the whole album here.

HOWEVER, i would love to hear circlesquare's xmas track. maybe post it on the circlesquare thread?

― cutty (mcutt), Sunday, 22 January 2006 03:19 (7 years ago) Permalink

Is it just me or are those tracks seriously fucked up? I just get an endless stutter and the timepiece in Winamp goes bonkers.

― John Cocktolstoy (John Cocktolstoy), Sunday, 22 January 2006 10:27 (7 years ago) Permalink

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pass this on is incredible

― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 17 June 2008 12:28 (4 years ago) Permalink

5 months pass...

http://www.myspace.com/feverray
Fever Ray = Solo project from Karin Andersson
The one track on the myspace isn't much to go on though

― Number None, Friday, 12 December 2008 20:24 (4 years ago) Permalink

more, give me more

― willem, Friday, 12 December 2008 20:38 (4 years ago) Permalink

the single's out -> feverray.com

― StanM, Monday, 15 December 2008 18:57 (4 years ago) Permalink

3 weeks pass...

Tomorrow: digital release of the album.
Samples @ amazon: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001OBOZ6O

― StanM, Sunday, 11 January 2009 20:03 (4 years ago) Permalink

1 month passes...

I went out to see Coraline tonight (short version: IS GOOD) and one of the trailers beforehand, for some CGI Tim Burton-produced thing called 9, used the intro to "We Share Our Mother's Health." Was not expecting that.

― Telephone thing, Sunday, 1 March 2009 06:22 (4 years ago) Permalink

2 months pass...

So this is quite alright, actually, isn't it?

― Sickamous Mouthall (Scik Mouthy), Wednesday, 27 May 2009 10:56 (3 years ago) Permalink

even better than MPP nick?

― Hard House SugBanton (blueski), Wednesday, 27 May 2009 11:16 (3 years ago) Permalink

'quite alright' is kind of an understatement

― just sayin, Wednesday, 27 May 2009 11:23 (3 years ago) Permalink

Hahaha, nowhere near as good as MPP, no.

― Sickamous Mouthall (Scik Mouthy), Wednesday, 27 May 2009 11:48 (3 years ago) Permalink

ok gtfo now

― Hard House SugBanton (blueski), Wednesday, 27 May 2009 11:49 (3 years ago) Permalink

This will be in my decade top ten, come end of year.

― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Wednesday, 27 May 2009 11:54 (3 years ago) Permalink

Hahaha, nowhere near as good as MPP, no.

― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Wednesday, 27 May 2009 19:31 (3 years ago) Permalink

4 months pass...

― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Tuesday, 29 September 2009 18:29 (3 years ago) Permalink

Coincidence?

― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Tuesday, 29 September 2009 18:29 (3 years ago) Permalink

adore both but never made the link personally

― modescalator (blueski), Tuesday, 29 September 2009 18:34 (3 years ago) Permalink

It is likely a total coincidence that these two songs have nothing to do with each other, but not particularly unexpected.

― a misunderstanding of Hip-Hop and contracts (HI DERE), Tuesday, 29 September 2009 18:36 (3 years ago) Permalink

They sound built from the exact same palette of sounds. Not that I'm complaining, I think both are brilliant, but I did think it was worth pointing out to the ILM hivemind.

― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Tuesday, 29 September 2009 19:55 (3 years ago) Permalink

So they may have used the same synth or software? i don't hear the similarities and I listen to primarily electronic music. Saying these songs are similar is like saying Pump Up The Volume is basically I Feel Love.

― brotherlovesdub, Tuesday, 29 September 2009 20:06 (3 years ago) Permalink

Whoops, maybe I linked the wrong song. No audio at my computer right now, so I may have mixed up "Marble House" for this one.

― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Tuesday, 29 September 2009 20:29 (3 years ago) Permalink

I swear, it's the same fucking song!

― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Wednesday, 30 September 2009 02:47 (3 years ago) Permalink

Not making the link at all I'm afraid.

― Chewshabadoo, Wednesday, 30 September 2009 10:10 (3 years ago) Permalink

Skip to 3:41 in "The Captain" and listen for a minute, then play the first couple minutes of the Orbital track.

― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Wednesday, 30 September 2009 11:49 (3 years ago) Permalink

Starting at about 0:22 in "Lost" is where it hits.

― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Wednesday, 30 September 2009 11:50 (3 years ago) Permalink

you wanna hear IM NOT YOUR TOY by La Roux if u want Knife-alikes. it's insane.

― piscesx, Thursday, 1 October 2009 02:28 (3 years ago) Permalink

Be careful when comparing things to the Knife, I got skewered for daring to compare Fever Ray to the Knife.

― brotherlovesdub, Thursday, 1 October 2009 02:55 (3 years ago) Permalink

BTW, in case you were wondering, Fever Ray sound NOTHING AT ALL like The Knife. It would be sexist for you to think they sounded similar.

― brotherlovesdub, Thursday, 1 October 2009 02:56 (3 years ago) Permalink

those sound nothing alike

― psychgawsple, Thursday, 1 October 2009 03:09 (3 years ago) Permalink

the orb and the knife that is, not fever ray

― psychgawsple, Thursday, 1 October 2009 03:09 (3 years ago) Permalink

"Quite alright" is still as far as I'd go.

― Sickamous (Scik Mouthy), Thursday, 1 October 2009 09:43 (3 years ago) Permalink

you wanna hear IM NOT YOUR TOY by La Roux if u want Knife-alikes. it's insane.

noooooooo. at least, The Knife is the good version of a v similar synthetic pop blueprint ie they actually use pads, bass notes etc.

― modescalator (blueski), Thursday, 1 October 2009 11:32 (3 years ago) Permalink

you wanna hear IM NOT YOUR TOY by La Roux if u want Knife-alikes. it's insane.

o_0 o_0 o_0

― lex pretend, Thursday, 1 October 2009 11:52 (3 years ago) Permalink

BTW, in case you were wondering, Fever Ray sound NOTHING AT ALL like The Knife. It would be sexist for you to think they sounded similar.

It's kind of crazypants to say there's absolutely NOTHING similar between Fever Ray and The Knife, what with the similar sound palettes and the shared instantly-recognizable singer.

― a misunderstanding of Hip-Hop and contracts (HI DERE), Thursday, 1 October 2009 12:56 (3 years ago) Permalink

the knife didn't rip off orbital but they sure as hell ripped off pearl jam

― fleetwood (max), Thursday, 1 October 2009 13:05 (3 years ago) Permalink

Right. That's you off the list of cover designers then.

― StanM, Thursday, 1 October 2009 13:33 (3 years ago) Permalink

man don't get me started on that new Pearl Jam artwork

― modescalator (blueski), Thursday, 1 October 2009 13:38 (3 years ago) Permalink

2 months pass...

goddamn the oscillating bassline that comes in five and a half fucking minutes into "the captain" is a good sound

― lex pretend, Thursday, 3 December 2009 09:21 (3 years ago) Permalink

3 months pass...

This is likely my favorite album of the decade.

― big time (HI DERE), Monday, 22 March 2010 17:11 (3 years ago) Permalink

It is my favourite album of the decade to have been released on CD in the UK (because I don't think Studio 'Yearbook One' was)

― mdskltr (blueski), Monday, 22 March 2010 17:18 (3 years ago) Permalink

Mine too.

xpost

― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Monday, 22 March 2010 17:24 (3 years ago) Permalink

the best album of the decade canonized hereabouts anyway

― nakhchivan, Monday, 22 March 2010 21:25 (3 years ago) Permalink

1 year passes...

(((d-_-b)))

― markers, Wednesday, 7 September 2011 08:12 (1 year ago) Permalink

from now on i'm going to answer my phone singing like karen does in "the captain"

― markers, Wednesday, 7 September 2011 08:13 (1 year ago) Permalink

!! o_O !!

― It was a Thursday night. I was working late... (dog latin), Wednesday, 7 September 2011 09:52 (1 year ago) Permalink

wooooo!

― i genuinely thought when i first joined that he was the admin (ilxor), Saturday, 10 September 2011 03:01 (1 year ago) Permalink

wow guys

― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Saturday, 10 September 2011 03:05 (1 year ago) Permalink

oh myyyyyyyy gosh

― markers, Saturday, 10 September 2011 03:12 (1 year ago) Permalink

1 year passes...

http://devonrecordclub.wordpress.com/2012/09/19/the-knife-silent-shout-round-35-nicks-choice/

― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Wednesday, 19 September 2012 13:56 (8 months ago) Permalink

1 month passes...

sounds like a good choice for vocals
http://www.factmag.com/2012/10/20/the-knifes-new-album-to-feature-light-asylums-shannon-funchess/

― nathey, Monday, 22 October 2012 11:30 (6 months ago) Permalink

Oh my, the possibilities. She's a great singer.

While I love Tomorrow, In a Year, I hope the song structures on this album are more rigid and the textures more synthetic, like those on Silent Shout and Fever Ray. Not that I don't appreciate the way Olof's production seems to be evolving toward a looser, improvisational direction; but it seems that once artists go in that direction, they rarely come back (See: the tragedy that is Bjork's last couple of albums, for example).

― azaera, Monday, 22 October 2012 18:16 (6 months ago) Permalink

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