join me in anticipating musics by FEVER RAY (aka one half of the knife)

I am actually getting really psyched for this.

This is pretty awesome. It excised all the stuff I didn't like about the Knife, so I actually like it.

i've listened once through, not closely enough, but i enjoyed it a lot. to me the thing that seemed to be lacking compared to the knife was something about the sound design maybe? but the basic songwriting was really really great.

"who're"

Dont know about the music, but the video for 'if i had a heart' is amazing:

Wish she did a video for every song on the album, then I might appreciate bit more what she's doing in there.

The album's sound made me remember Bel Canto's debut album, can't exactly put my finger on what it is

so far I am liking this much better than The Knife (who always sounded a bit cheesy to me)

this album is affecting me in kate bush-like proportions

some songs could be on the dreaming

that's exactly what i thought! and i never really listened to the knife.

don't enjoy this as much as the knife, and as said above feel there's something lacking possible sound design or whatever (there's not much automation going on). Also possibly a bit more monothematic than the Knife's albums.

but still awesome.

less arpeggios than silent shout, less pop than deep cuts

hooray/about time.. it's been three years since silent shout!

hooray/about time.. it's been three years since silent shout!

― poortheatre

fuck sake time flies.

Damn this is good. Growing on me too, still

I'm pretty sure this is better than everything I heard last year (with, like, maybe the exception of the-dream, but i'm pretty sure this is even better than that album). So many textures and moods and hooks and sounds. I love her.

Kate Bush yes

listened again, and while a lot of it was really, really great, i still found it to be a little flat overall. certain parts (mostly vocals) risk becoming overused and gimmicky on this album, whereas i never would've thought that about the knife. that's not to say i don't enjoy it, i think i haven't listened to it in the right mood yet, so i don't wanna be too hard on it.

I'm really, really enjoying this album. It sounds so lush, so rich in mood and atmosphere.

I think I can see why later aprpeggiator finds it "a little flat", or 'samey', perhaps, but right now that's just a huge plus for me. The sound just flows and flows, and there are no musical 'thorns' that suddenly break the spell.

Yeah, I hear "unified" here, not "same-y"

man, this is h u g e

i am loving more and more, esp. the final 'keep the streets'/'coconut' couplet

listened to this again and am enjoying it a lot more after i stopped comparing it to the knife

the guitar on this is really nice

first song is amazing. enjoying it so far (halfway through)

i think coconut is my favorite song on this right now

this is truly dope

i'm not hearing any differences between a Knife album and this, which isn't a bad thing necessarily. not sure why they felt the need to use a different name for this. great album though. i'm on my 2nd time through and haven't heard a bad track yet.

same reason imagine isn't credited to the beatles, i imagine.

so massive

so she did the music to this without help from her brother or whoever does the music for The Knife? this sounds exactly like the Knife.

i guess it's like Peter Hook w/ Monaco doing What Do You Want From Me and Shine, which both sound just like New Order songs. oh well, doesn't matter who did the music, this album is fantastic.

maybe she did the music - women can create music beyond singing yknow

sure they can

orly? i had no idea since i'm a huge woman oppressing asshole.

the point is, this sounds EXACTLY like a Knife album. there are no songs here that sound different to anything that the Knife have released at this point. even without the voice, this would be identifiable/sonically linked to a Knife album.

therefore...

i see The Subliminal Kid gets a credit but i'm assuming it's not DJ Spooky - That Subliminal Kid.

"that"

re: production, it seems half of it is by christoffer berg and half by van rivers & subliminal kid (haven't heard those names before but berg apparently mixed the knife's work).

― lex pretend, Wednesday, January 14, 2009 6:03 PM (6 days ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

the knife is two people. this is one of those people. that's why it has a different name.

i'm going to use This Subliminal Kid as my new DJ/MC/Producer name!

there are no songs here that sound different to anything that the Knife have released at this point. even without the voice, this would be identifiable/sonically linked to a Knife album

maybe karin just likes those sounds, whether working with her brother or not. i think the songwriting - what i've heard of it - is a lot more intimate than the knife's stuff.

or maybe personal is a better word, not so much hiding behind theatrical masks and so on

@cutty - clearly this 1 has all the talent.

the point is, this sounds EXACTLY like a Knife album. there are no songs here that sound different to anything that the Knife have released at this point. even without the voice, this would be identifiable/sonically linked to a Knife album.

― brotherlovesdub, Tuesday, January 20, 2009 11:15 PM (8 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

when people make solo albums they sometimes sound like their band. they do not necessarily credit it to the band. do you see?

p.s. i completely dispute your premise that this sounds exactly like the knife.

xp, tell us more about how this album was recorded and who does the work! you seem an expert.

i'm laying down eating snow
my fur is hot my tongue is cold
on a bed of spiderweb
i think of how to change myself

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i can't wait to hear this at home on the stereo

ok, fine, everyone else is right and i am wrong. i can accept this since it wouldn't be the first time i was wrong.

the writing credits are in the PDF included with the download

the guitar on this is really nice

― caek, Tuesday, January 20, 2009 10:44 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

otm...kinda reminds me of the guitars on West Coast in some places (jeez not everything etc etc).

lex also otm re: intimacy. i love how the vocals have been recorded: you can hear her breathing in, you can hear her mouthing the plosives, all that shit.

this is massive!!

This is sounding great. I hate that album cover though, the singles artwork was great, don’t get why they chose a photo of riff raff for the album cover.

agree about the cover right down to my first thought being "hey, it's Riff Raff"

also agree about Plunge being underrated (though I think I prefer the remixes)

Cover, visuals and “persona” are just urgh

I think she's going for making you uncomfortable, no?

Sorry, I forgot sincerely they use they.

It’s working, just not in any way I can see the point of.

No way I’d go see them live if that’s how they perform. Mission accomplished in scaring off the squares, I guess

No way you’d go see them live if what’s how they perform?

Glad they're back, love the album after a few listens, love the unsettling visuals (this has always been the case with them, hasn't it?)

I liked Plunge, though, and the live show was so fun, a ridiculous queer dance party. I guess her horny baby aesthetic back then might have scared off some squares indeed, lol

THIS IS FOR ZACHARRRRRRIUS

Got my numbered vinyl copy - #100!

"shiver" is a hell of a song, sheesh

Finally figured out what "Shiver" reminded me of:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-2jXC6rUIc

the costuming and vibe is incredible, and definitely not new. i mean ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymCP6zC_qJU (trigger warning: Cronenbergian shit)

The first time I saw Fever Ray live was one of the coolest shows I've ever seen. The last time I saw the Knife was one of my least favorite shows. Was considering seeing Fever Ray this weekend, but I suspect it will be closer to the latter in terms of themes and visuals than the former. Which, granted, was mostly just blurry costumed shapes cloaked in smoke, plus lasers, but it was super effective.

Phew, their set tonight in Oakland was quite incredible. Having not seen Karin Dreijer in any context live before I can't compare, but that was just a stellar presentation and the audience was deeply into it.

I had the same experience a month ago in Amsterdam - wonderful costumes, amazing, sensual, and positive energy, helped by a continuous positive feedback loop between crowd and performers. Saw them in 2009 on the tour supporting the debut, a very memorable gig but far more gloomy and gothy, presentation wise. Though I think one of the standing lamps of that tour was also part of the current decor :-)

Awesome in Pasadena

god, Even It Out fucking rips live. I can't turn the volume up loud enough on the album track to relive it.

Wish I'd seen em, so great live both times on the tours for the prior two albums.

Watching the Glastonbury set, loving this version of 'When I Grow Up'

new version of I'm Not Done!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCdp3btVIZE

So I just opened up this video to compare it and had them both going with sound at the same time and no lie, it adds something

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDmYRfANDIw

I'm pretty disappointed that this was what the teaser was for, but I think we all knew it was way too soon to hope for a new album.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjfR5YKs4_0

this one from the new ep is decent

Feels like it could have been on self-titled if it had a more lethargic beat. Are these self-produced

Both songs are excellent IMO. The cinematic version of “The Lake” perhaps superior to the original, though ai’d have to listen a lot to each version of “Wrong Flower” to be able to pick them apart on the wild I suspect.

indeed – both versions of The Lake are excellent, but i think i like frantic beginning of the cinematic version much more. this is instantly one of my fav tracks of the year so far