Karin Dreijer Andersson FEVER RAY s/t debut album POLL

I really love this album a lot but the song I keep coming back to is "Dry and Dusty". The slow build as each component of the song is layered in mixed in with the processed vocals, all blossoming into that last restatement of the chorus before winding back down is pretty much the epitome of that album's ability to meld moodcraft and songcraft into a gigantic bludgeon of awesome.

― Restless Genital Syndrome (HI DERE), Wednesday, 30 December 2009 20:21 (3 years ago) Permalink

definitely either track 3, 4, 5, 8, 9 or 10

― mdskltr (blueski), Wednesday, 30 December 2009 20:24 (3 years ago) Permalink

vote 3

― Restless Genital Syndrome (HI DERE), Wednesday, 30 December 2009 20:30 (3 years ago) Permalink

When I Grow Up

― dmr, Wednesday, 30 December 2009 20:55 (3 years ago) Permalink

All of them.

oh okay then, Streets Empty.

― StanM, Wednesday, 30 December 2009 20:57 (3 years ago) Permalink

definitely track 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 or 10

and i'm only saying that coz i don't have the bonus tracks

seriously i don't even listen to this album as song after song, it just seems like a connected suite of moods that one passes through like a corridor without ever really realising when one ends and the next begins

― Karen Tregaskin, Wednesday, 30 December 2009 21:20 (3 years ago) Permalink

i'm not done

― Kate 'Impeach' Bush (Future_Perfect), Wednesday, 30 December 2009 21:33 (3 years ago) Permalink

triangle walks maybe

― max, Wednesday, 30 December 2009 22:14 (3 years ago) Permalink

Seven 4EVA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

― kornrulez6969, Wednesday, 30 December 2009 22:44 (3 years ago) Permalink

coconut

― jabba hands, Wednesday, 30 December 2009 22:45 (3 years ago) Permalink

I agree with the love for "Dry And Dusty". I also love 1, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10 so I'm not sure yet.

― LeRooLeRoo, Wednesday, 30 December 2009 22:46 (3 years ago) Permalink

seven!!

― super mario bros. (s1ocki), Thursday, 31 December 2009 01:34 (3 years ago) Permalink

I have no idea how to choose, I love this album.

― Quiet, I'm making my Youtube Star Wars Review (Z S), Thursday, 31 December 2009 01:42 (3 years ago) Permalink

Dry and Dusty through Triangle Walks is definitely a nice run, though.

― Quiet, I'm making my Youtube Star Wars Review (Z S), Thursday, 31 December 2009 01:44 (3 years ago) Permalink

yeah most albums you might feel lazy sometimes and just skip to your fave track. once u put this it on you listen to it all the way through. thats the beauty of it. not many recent albums i can say that about.

― Michael B, Thursday, 31 December 2009 02:32 (3 years ago) Permalink

concrete walls ftw

― taoiseachizown (samosa gibreel), Thursday, 31 December 2009 06:53 (3 years ago) Permalink

Figure this is my album of the year. Love 'em all. Still thinking...

― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Friday, 1 January 2010 06:15 (3 years ago) Permalink

"I never liked that sad look from someone who wants to be loved by you"

― A™ machine (sic) (omar little), Friday, 1 January 2010 07:30 (3 years ago) Permalink

Another vote for Dry and Dusty. Pleasantly surprised to see it getting so much love.

― a black white asian pine ghost who is fake (Telephone thing), Friday, 1 January 2010 07:35 (3 years ago) Permalink

This is fucking impossible.

― Christyles, Friday, 1 January 2010 08:03 (3 years ago) Permalink

Though I feel like I should represent for either Triangle Walks, Concrete Walls, I'm not done or Coconut.

― Christyles, Friday, 1 January 2010 08:06 (3 years ago) Permalink

seriously i don't even listen to this album as song after song, it just seems like a connected suite of moods that one passes through like a corridor without ever really realising when one ends and the next begins

so otm - just listened again and really unable to choose any one over the others. maybe not "coconut" - i often end with "keep the streets empty for me", which feels like perfect closure.

actually, it'd be between "if i had a heart", "seven", "triangle walks", "now's the only time i know" and "keep the streets empty for me".

― lex pretend, Monday, 4 January 2010 11:00 (3 years ago) Permalink

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

― System, Thursday, 7 January 2010 00:01 (3 years ago) Permalink

Ooh wow... must vote soon.

― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Thursday, 7 January 2010 02:48 (3 years ago) Permalink

'When I grow up' for me. I like when the guitar line comes in round the second verse and it makes the vocals soar softly above the persistent, sterile synths. Sort of reminds me of the kind of tricks Radiohead were pulling on amnesiac, which is quite fine in my book.

― feisty, Spanish, girl (Moka), Thursday, 7 January 2010 05:32 (3 years ago) Permalink

this is fucking impossible

― spiny doughboy (baaderonixx), Thursday, 7 January 2010 07:17 (3 years ago) Permalink

^^ what you said.

'Now's the only time I know' for the simple genius of the rhythm track and the perfectly placed bass countermelody that comes in before the second verse.

― Cricket riding a tumbleweed (Plasmon), Thursday, 7 January 2010 09:02 (3 years ago) Permalink

yeah tempted to go with that one

bu this pretty much sums it up:

seriously i don't even listen to this album as song after song, it just seems like a connected suite of moods that one passes through like a corridor without ever really realising when one ends and the next begins

― spiny doughboy (baaderonixx), Thursday, 7 January 2010 15:12 (3 years ago) Permalink

"Now's The Only Time I Know" is the only song I can't remember by looking at the title, yet I am certain I love every song on this album.

― ah ah oh ooh ooh oh ah ah ah ah ah oh ah ah aha ooh (HI DERE), Thursday, 7 January 2010 15:28 (3 years ago) Permalink

oh duh, just started it and yes this song is fucking great, probably my dark-horse contender to "Dry and Dusty"

― ah ah oh ooh ooh oh ah ah ah ah ah oh ah ah aha ooh (HI DERE), Thursday, 7 January 2010 15:29 (3 years ago) Permalink

xp here's a reminder then

― spiny doughboy (baaderonixx), Thursday, 7 January 2010 15:32 (3 years ago) Permalink

I will say that "If I Had A Heart" is one of the best album openers ever recorded.

― ah ah oh ooh ooh oh ah ah ah ah ah oh ah ah aha ooh (HI DERE), Thursday, 7 January 2010 15:33 (3 years ago) Permalink

i still can't decide

if i knew how to make sockpuppets i'd create ten of them to vote for each song

i'm going to not vote coz i can't choose

― Karen Tregaskin, Thursday, 7 January 2010 15:34 (3 years ago) Permalink

Use a random number generator!

― ah ah oh ooh ooh oh ah ah ah ah ah oh ah ah aha ooh (HI DERE), Thursday, 7 January 2010 15:35 (3 years ago) Permalink

the ones i'm not considering - "when i grow up", which as a single i found underwhelming; "concrete walls", which is great but more of a transition mood piece; "coconut", which i rarely listen to because "keep the streets empty for me" is such a perfect, perfect song and closer

― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Thursday, 7 January 2010 15:38 (3 years ago) Permalink

I tend to agree with you, although sometimes I think 'Concrete Walls' is my fave, until the next song starts that is.

― spiny doughboy (baaderonixx), Thursday, 7 January 2010 15:43 (3 years ago) Permalink

"Concrete Walls" was the other song I was considering picking until I was reminded of exactly which song "Now's The Only Time I Know" was.

― ah ah oh ooh ooh oh ah ah ah ah ah oh ah ah aha ooh (HI DERE), Thursday, 7 January 2010 15:44 (3 years ago) Permalink

while we're here i really need to draw everyone's attention to the martyn remix of "seven"

― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Thursday, 7 January 2010 15:46 (3 years ago) Permalink

i think i have it narrowed down to dry and dusty or keep the streets empty

― Karen Tregaskin, Thursday, 7 January 2010 15:47 (3 years ago) Permalink

that was the hardest sophie's choice i've had to make on an album but keep the streets empty for me

just for all those is that a theremin or guitar feedback or a flute or SPOOKY SCANDINAVIAN GHOSTS noises in the background

― Karen Tregaskin, Thursday, 7 January 2010 15:54 (3 years ago) Permalink

i think i'm changing my vote to 'seven' based on how she sang this part live:

I know it, I think I know it from a hymn
They've said so, it doesn't need more explanation
A box to open up with light and sound
Making you cold
Very cold

― A™ machine (sic) (omar little), Thursday, 7 January 2010 18:59 (3 years ago) Permalink

Arrrrrghhh way too hard. I'm gonna just go for the awesomely evil opener.

― smothered in country gravy (Whitey on the Moon), Thursday, 7 January 2010 19:05 (3 years ago) Permalink

Fuck i know i've voted on this but i can't remember which track i voted for.

― Christyles, Thursday, 7 January 2010 22:14 (3 years ago) Permalink

voted I'm Not Done over Concrete Walls. Maybe my favorite album last year, which is odd since initially i placed it several notches below Silent Shout.

― Cosmo Vitelli, Thursday, 7 January 2010 22:55 (3 years ago) Permalink

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

― System, Friday, 8 January 2010 00:01 (3 years ago) Permalink

These results make really good sense, I like the voting spread!

― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Friday, 8 January 2010 00:46 (3 years ago) Permalink

this poll=dumb

the album=awesome

― Moles Rad (Moles_Read), Friday, 8 January 2010 01:48 (3 years ago) Permalink

Now's the Only Time I Know is really good why'd it get last :(

― bread has no effect on you (ciderpress), Friday, 8 January 2010 02:01 (3 years ago) Permalink

Yeah, that was the big surprise to me - figured Now's the Only Time I Know would at least place about I'm Not Done and maybe Coconut.

― Alex in Montreal, Friday, 8 January 2010 05:09 (3 years ago) Permalink

This track is probably just loved most by people who don't vote on polls imo.

― StanM, Friday, 8 January 2010 05:23 (3 years ago) Permalink

forgot to vote :-(

― spiny doughboy (baaderonixx), Friday, 8 January 2010 07:13 (3 years ago) Permalink

Has anyone noted what seems to be a direct reference in 'Keep the Streets Empty for Me' to the awesome 60s psych track 'We are the Moles'?

The relevant Moles lyric: 'Hiding our faces/Revealing our souls'

― QUOTE sampling at a higher rate UNQUOTE (Jon Lewis), Thursday, 4 October 2012 15:45 (7 months ago) Permalink