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

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!!

lyrics are less good than knife stuff, i think. not enough darlings slain.

but dear me, it's a wonderful album.

"dishwasher tablets"

LOVING "Triangle Walks" ON REPEAT

was just going to mention that dishwasher tablet line - she'd never mention that in the knife!

she mentions some pretty prosaic stuff in forest families, and I feel like this album is an extension of that song

Love the single/video, definitely has the feel of an album opener, sort of low-key. Yeah, looking forward to this.

Just realised this is the first time the sounds-like-Bjork association (which would rarely if ever bother me if true) makes sense to me. Though weirdly here it's through the lyrical content somewhat, not the "general European-accented quirky woman voice singing over electronics" similarity. That "dishwasher tablet" line in particular, the leaps from the mundane to the dreamlike--reminds me of the great Bjork b-side "Domestica," but the more depressive counterpart of that track's manic personality.

Again, for me this doesn't diminish it in the least. It's certainly not as though the Knife is aping anybody.

I think Karin's lyrics have sometimes tended toward the mundane at least since Deep Cuts. I like how she mixes surreal and mundane to create an unsettling feel rather than simply whimsical, they re-contextualize things to make them seem more sad/absurd/creepy, though they do risk becoming a little more twee on this album. She seems concerned more with the weirdness of technology and modern society than with pure fantasy, which is really appealing to me (cause life is weird enough, amirite?)

The moment when her voice is completely bare of effects on Keep the Streets Empty For Me is incredibly beautiful. The nakedness of her voice is much more striking to me than the lyrics. I think she does this on one of the tracks on Deep Cuts as well.

The most Bjork-y part of the album to me is probably the tone of her singing on When I Grow Up. The most Kate Bush-y part is probably those little yelping synth sounds on Triangle Walks, also there are some other sounds that remind me of King of the Mountain. The feel of the moment on I'm Not Done when the bassline comes in also reminds me of Kate. But of course this album sounds way more like Karin(/the Knife) than anyone else.

The moment when her voice is completely bare of effects on Keep the Streets Empty For Me

"vocals on track 9 by Cecilia Nordlund"

( http://www.cecilianordlund.com/ & http://www.myspace.com/cecilianordlund )

(Actually, it's Karin/Cecilia ("I learned to not eat the snow")/duet)

this is good...video for the single fits so perfectly.

i love this album. it's easier to listen to in full than any of the Knife albums. the highs aren't as high but it's quality all the way.

i like this a lot. the video is incredible. it's just too bad the name makes it sound like a psychobilly band.

yeah I like this a lot and it def. has a similar palette to the knife stuff but it def sounds v.distinct and unknifelike to me

interested to see if I come round on this like the last album (i think I really disliked at first) 'cos I'm underwhelmed on first listen. I can hear a lot of Kate Bush in this too, but in a "so what" way really. Feels like a whole album of the boring parts of Silent Shout :/

'Silent Shout' was a slow burner for me, too, because I think I was so enamored of their poppier side. But this one hit immediately for me.

it's just too bad the name makes it sound like a psychobilly band.

straight lol

I'm not really sure why I LOVE this album while I always found The Knife irritating (in twee-scary way)

Sounds like you might be due for a re-appraisal, then? That could be a thrill--to suddenly have three great albums "click" at once. . .

raddddd album

yeah this is good

sick cover art too (charles burns? or his style at least)

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61tiwdQGSZL._SL500_AA280_.jpg

actually i drew it

awez a+ job dude

Like it says in the artwork/booklet pdf that was included with the release when you bought it: " Artwork by Martin Ander. http://www.mander.nu "

i'll buy the vinyl when it comes out in march. thx for being a dick though

Also unless my dl fucked up or something you don't get the artwork if you buy it from Amazon.

max can probably send over the originals... good work dude

Also unless my dl fucked up or something you don't get the artwork if you buy it from Amazon.

― Maciej (maciej recognizing trill), Saturday, January 24, 2009 4:33 PM (14 minutes ago) Bookmark

Sadly, I don't think Amazon ever offers the extras with their mp3 downloads. They are cheaper, though, so it kinda balances out.

yeah have to echo all above me great work on this max

thx for being a dick though

Didn't know about the Amazon thing, got it from clicktrack.com - and fuck you too.

the art, as drawn by ilx's own max, is just simply beautiful

(re: dick/fuck etc. - honestly though, did I miss something? what did I do?)

you disrespected max by not acknowledging what good job he did

OMG! Sorry max :-(
Well done though! Sue that other bastard!

I misread your tone, sorry dude, I had googled to tried and find the artist and your post came off as "just look in the booklet dumbass". guess i am mr. defensive today my bad let's squash the beef etc.

thanks for the kind words guys

max you can do better

i spoke too soon i guess

thank YOU for all the great art :)

very low key but very effective record....

COCONUT is an amazing closer.