haha yeah ;-) - I wanted to post that creepy pic in that press clipping
― baaderonixx, Thursday, 16 April 2009 14:40 (fifteen years ago) link
this record is awesome
― Michael B, Saturday, 18 April 2009 22:22 (fifteen years ago) link
OTM. I don't think I've ever been as wrong about a record on initial listen - I now prefer it to Silent Shout I think.
― Enormous Epic (Matt DC), Sunday, 19 April 2009 11:28 (fifteen years ago) link
that is as wrong!
― Hard House SugBanton (blueski), Sunday, 19 April 2009 11:39 (fifteen years ago) link
Not been confirmed by the website yet, but apparently just been added to the bill at the Brighton Loop festival.
Kinda curious, but kinda broke...
― Enemy Insects (NickB), Wednesday, 29 April 2009 09:22 (fifteen years ago) link
playing in july at shepherd's bush
― just sayin, Wednesday, 6 May 2009 10:13 (fifteen years ago) link
webster hall nyc this fall. no dates/tickets yet
― corps of discovery (schlump), Friday, 8 May 2009 17:54 (fifteen years ago) link
I'll be at the SF show. Going to stare at the screen until the tix become available.
― brotherlovesdub, Friday, 8 May 2009 17:59 (fifteen years ago) link
all north american tour dates announced,http://feverray.com/shows/
counting the seconds until the tickets go on sale
― space cowboy (san frandisco), Friday, 8 May 2009 18:00 (fifteen years ago) link
jinx
― space cowboy (san frandisco), Friday, 8 May 2009 18:01 (fifteen years ago) link
kinda
sf tickets going on sale when?
― The Macallan 18 Year, Friday, 8 May 2009 18:25 (fifteen years ago) link
dunno yet, but it's at the regency
― space cowboy (san frandisco), Friday, 8 May 2009 18:35 (fifteen years ago) link
the website for that place is bizarre. have you seen a show there?
― brotherlovesdub, Friday, 8 May 2009 18:47 (fifteen years ago) link
agreed about the website, all ballroomish-looking, i've never heard of shows there
― space cowboy (san frandisco), Friday, 8 May 2009 20:40 (fifteen years ago) link
Saw MIA with Rye Rye there in 2005. Sounded horrible but I dunno if it artist or venue or both to blame.
― The Macallan 18 Year, Friday, 8 May 2009 23:36 (fifteen years ago) link
I just got this and I'm digging it, but is there something wrong with me in that I don't really find anything sinister or scary about this?
― Unclench, y'all, unclench (HI DERE), Thursday, 14 May 2009 14:15 (fifteen years ago) link
1) ur a goth 2) have u seen the music videos
― rip dom passantino 3/5/09 never forget (max), Thursday, 14 May 2009 14:16 (fifteen years ago) link
1) lol touche2) nope
― Unclench, y'all, unclench (HI DERE), Thursday, 14 May 2009 14:17 (fifteen years ago) link
Electronic music scares a sensitive indie soul. (Or not.)
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 14 May 2009 14:19 (fifteen years ago) link
check out the vids dude
― rip dom passantino 3/5/09 never forget (max), Thursday, 14 May 2009 14:23 (fifteen years ago) link
Yeah, there's a high quality version of "If I Had a Heart" on the CD. If that doesn't creep you out, nothing will.
I don't think Fever Ray is downright scary though, but there's some definitely creepy moments in the music, especially if you listen to the lyrics.
― Tuomas, Thursday, 14 May 2009 14:27 (fifteen years ago) link
I just got this and I'm digging it, but is there something wrong with me in that I don't really find anything sinister or scary about this
this album is just ok (fine morning music, actually), but it's about as scary as runny mascara.
― Bud Huxtable (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 14 May 2009 14:43 (fifteen years ago) link
The bits of it that aren't creepy are actually quite warm and intimate in a weird way. Like being sung to sleep by a malfunctioning fembot from the future.
― Enormous Epic (Matt DC), Thursday, 14 May 2009 14:55 (fifteen years ago) link
tix on sale now... see you in chicago!
― LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN ODE TO JOY EURO TRANCE REMIX (Future_Perfect), Thursday, 14 May 2009 21:46 (fifteen years ago) link
wtf where?
― space cowboy (san frandisco), Thursday, 14 May 2009 22:14 (fifteen years ago) link
nvm on sale sunday for SF
― space cowboy (san frandisco), Thursday, 14 May 2009 22:16 (fifteen years ago) link
Top tracks:
"Seven""Concrete Walls""Keep the Streets Empty For Me"
honorable mention to the two singles and "Dry and Dusty"
― Obama seems to have the views of a 21-year-old Hispanic girl (HI DERE), Tuesday, 2 June 2009 20:06 (fifteen years ago) link
i am all about if i had a heart, when i grow up, coconut, and keep the streets.....
very even album though.
― hugging used to mean something (call all destroyer), Tuesday, 2 June 2009 20:08 (fifteen years ago) link
Yeah, I wouldn't call any of the tracks weak.
So far this is my favorite album of the year.
― Obama seems to have the views of a 21-year-old Hispanic girl (HI DERE), Tuesday, 2 June 2009 20:11 (fifteen years ago) link
Also I still don't get creepy from this; Matt's "love songs from a fembot" comment seems very OTM.
not listened to this much after enjoying it quite a bit at first. Seeing Fever Ray live later this month tho! :D
― languid samuel l. jackson (jim), Tuesday, 2 June 2009 20:12 (fifteen years ago) link
i sense some low-key domestic dread in a lot of it. not nec. creepy but definitely "unsettled"
― hugging used to mean something (call all destroyer), Tuesday, 2 June 2009 20:13 (fifteen years ago) link
my attitude to this is pretty much exactly like my attitude to 'Third'
― Hard House SugBanton (blueski), Tuesday, 2 June 2009 20:19 (fifteen years ago) link
Really? To me, Third sounds much sadder and more desperate than Fever Ray. Despite the latent creepiness FR is definitely more hopeful.
― Tuomas, Tuesday, 2 June 2009 20:26 (fifteen years ago) link
Yeah I can't really bear listening to 'Third' whereas this one feels like being slightly demented from lack of sleep, at 5AM in a cosy wood cabin.
― baaderonixx, Tuesday, 2 June 2009 21:22 (fifteen years ago) link
I could listen to both endlessly (and have over the past week, interspersed with the new Prodigy and YYYs albums)
― Obama seems to have the views of a 21-year-old Hispanic girl (HI DERE), Tuesday, 2 June 2009 21:24 (fifteen years ago) link
interesting - i read somewhere (maybe upthread?) that karin wrote lots of the material when her kid woke her up at 5am and she couldn't go back to sleep
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 2 June 2009 21:25 (fifteen years ago) link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Burns_(cartoonist)
"He produced the artwork for the debut album of Fever Ray."
WTFUUUUUUUUUUU?!
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Wednesday, 3 June 2009 01:01 (fifteen years ago) link
oops
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Wednesday, 3 June 2009 01:03 (fifteen years ago) link
Did you really think it was m
Yep, that's our Max's real name.
― StanM, Wednesday, 3 June 2009 01:21 (fifteen years ago) link
y'know, i did think it was a joke. but then it just kept going and it never really got funny, so i wasn't sure if it was just a bizarre joke or what. i figured either way my post could be taken as a continuation of the joke. but i just outed myself. no offense max, most of yr joeks are v funny.
i should've just said: did you really think i was serious lame-o?
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Wednesday, 3 June 2009 02:25 (fifteen years ago) link
It really sucks that Charles Burns is trying to take credit. He's already famous, why else does he want?
― ya'll are the ones who don't know things (Z S), Wednesday, 3 June 2009 02:28 (fifteen years ago) link
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_vcFl3uWi0KI/SKJxW6-LW5I/AAAAAAAAAY4/WSSricUSgGc/s320/jimmy.jpg
"Are you Fever Ray?"
― cant go with u too many alfbrees (Abbott), Wednesday, 3 June 2009 02:37 (fifteen years ago) link
WHO WANTS TO KNOWWHO WANTS TO KNOW
― hugging used to mean something (call all destroyer), Wednesday, 3 June 2009 03:08 (fifteen years ago) link
i think wikipedia's right abt charles burns doing the cover art - http://www.mander.nu/?p=465
― just sayin, Wednesday, 3 June 2009 09:34 (fifteen years ago) link
It's not Charles Burns, the illustrator is credited in the sleeve, it's some Swedish bloke. Unless Burns did the illustration under a Swedish pseudonym, which would be kinda odd.
― Tuomas, Wednesday, 3 June 2009 09:50 (fifteen years ago) link
woops sorry i meant 'wikipedia's not right...'
― just sayin, Wednesday, 3 June 2009 09:55 (fifteen years ago) link
thanks for calling my art a "joke" karl
― rip dom passantino 3/5/09 never forget (max), Wednesday, 3 June 2009 12:23 (fifteen years ago) link
great to post on such a supportive board