as the lead single it's not exciting but it could easily be a very solid album track on a more direct silent shout sequel than we ever got and just that is enough i suppose
― ufo, Thursday, 6 October 2022 05:03 (one year ago) link
(though the first fever ray album is of course excellent and shaking the habitual is still partially brilliant despite being a self-indulgent mess of an album)
― ufo, Thursday, 6 October 2022 05:04 (one year ago) link
It's a pretty solid single imo. But I've been listening to a lot of very boring ambient pop today so almost everything else sounds exciting to me right now.
― The Ghost Club, Thursday, 6 October 2022 05:19 (one year ago) link
Thanks for the updated link, sort of forgot. Agree that this sounds more like a good album track than a single. Nonetheless, new Fever Ray sounds amazing to me.
― Bee OK, Thursday, 6 October 2022 06:26 (one year ago) link
Single sounds great to me
― Paul Ponzi, Thursday, 6 October 2022 11:56 (one year ago) link
More new music tomorrow, this time its a collaboration with Seb Gainsborough AKA Vessel:
https://www.instagram.com/p/Ckve25eMMC_/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
― o shit the sheriff (NickB), Wednesday, 9 November 2022 16:27 (one year ago) link
(Big fan of vessel here, really intrigued by this one)
― o shit the sheriff (NickB), Wednesday, 9 November 2022 16:28 (one year ago) link
Not the guy from David Devant and his Spirit Wife, then...
― kinder, Wednesday, 9 November 2022 16:35 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CacWHzB-Dt4
"carbon dioxide" is decent too
album radical romantics out march 10
olof co-wrote/produced 4 tracks, other contributors include trent reznor & atticus ross (!), nídia, aasthma, and vessel (who co-produced "carbon dioxide")
― ufo, Thursday, 10 November 2022 18:33 (one year ago) link
these massive gaps between single drops and release dates are crazy to me
― Muad'Doob (Moodles), Thursday, 10 November 2022 18:50 (one year ago) link
i'm just going to assume it's impatience with vinyl delays
― ufo, Thursday, 10 November 2022 18:52 (one year ago) link
really looking forward to hearing what the nine inch nails collab sounds like
― ufo, Thursday, 10 November 2022 19:25 (one year ago) link
I really like both singles so far. Excited for this record but yeah, March seems like an eternity from now
― Paul Ponzi, Thursday, 10 November 2022 19:39 (one year ago) link
Vessel is such a great fit for Fever Ray (as is Trent of course! Listen to "That's What I Get" and "We Share our Mother's Health" back to back).
"What They Call Us" is good (and as someone mentioned upthread, more album track than single) but nothing exciting. "Carbon Dioxide", OTOH, is phenomenal.
― Doctor Madame Frances Experimento, LLC", Thursday, 10 November 2022 19:47 (one year ago) link
"kandy" is pretty nice
― ufo, Wednesday, 25 January 2023 16:21 (one year ago) link
I love it, sounds like an update to old Knife sound. Caribbean goth vibe.
So far I think this album’s singles are very promising. I wasn’t all in on her previous album but this one is reeling me back in.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 25 January 2023 16:33 (one year ago) link
it's my favourite of these new ones but man i wish there was a chorus
― sean gramophone, Wednesday, 25 January 2023 16:35 (one year ago) link
As a solo artist She’s on/off about doing chorus in her songs no? I’m trying to think about some of the songs on the s/t and I think most of them set a mood and stay fixed without a clear chorus
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 25 January 2023 16:45 (one year ago) link
there is a chorus it's just not much of a shift
it really picks up right where silent shout left off (even uses one of the same synths according to the press release), i'm really glad they're working with olof again (if only it was for the full album though)
i didn't like plunge much at all but this album is shaping up much better
― ufo, Wednesday, 25 January 2023 17:09 (one year ago) link
I was not aware of their pronouns sorry, had no idea Olof is back, excited to hear this one.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 25 January 2023 17:39 (one year ago) link
s/t has some amazing choruses but I can't imagine we're ever getting an album like that again
― death generator (lukas), Wednesday, 25 January 2023 17:44 (one year ago) link
yeah olof produced "kandy", "what they call us" and two other tracks on the album
― ufo, Wednesday, 25 January 2023 17:53 (one year ago) link
Love this, not sure why they break up the Knife and then release something like this?
― Bee OK, Thursday, 26 January 2023 02:16 (one year ago) link
S/t is a 10/10 so I doubt they’ll ever release something on that level ever again.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 26 January 2023 02:58 (one year ago) link
it's an extremely knife move to reunite in all but name for a bunch of ostensibly solo tracks
i still kinda feel like they never fully explored their potential, as good as their output was, i'm very glad to have them back in whatever capacity
― ufo, Thursday, 26 January 2023 12:26 (one year ago) link
kandy is super great, very knife-y and compulsively replayable
― POLIZISTEN VERSINKEN IM SCHLAMM (forksclovetofu), Friday, 27 January 2023 19:19 (one year ago) link
For the record I do think Kandy has a chorus:
She laid me down and whisperedAll girls want kandyCan you bring me backAll girls want kandy
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Friday, 27 January 2023 19:34 (one year ago) link
album is pretty good, big step up from plunge
first four tracks make quite a nice little knife ep
― ufo, Friday, 10 March 2023 02:23 (one year ago) link
Yes! Not as good as album 1, but waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay better than album 2.
― Tsar Bombadil (James Morrison), Friday, 10 March 2023 03:26 (one year ago) link
LOVE it
― Evan, Friday, 10 March 2023 15:05 (one year ago) link
I'm way into it, too
― Paul Ponzi, Friday, 10 March 2023 15:09 (one year ago) link
Good car music.
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 10 March 2023 15:11 (one year ago) link
I think it's more "fun" than album one? But I need to revisit
― Evan, Friday, 10 March 2023 15:21 (one year ago) link
The two non-single Olof tracks being better than the singles is a really nice surprise.
I think it's hard to compare hearing this fresh to 14 years of the self-titled, but I think the quality gap is pretty minimal. Certainly, there's no duds.
― Doctor Madame Frances Experimento, LLC", Friday, 10 March 2023 15:36 (one year ago) link
I'm loving the new album front to back — and Plunge was underrrated!
― I can't tell if he's trolling or not (ilxor), Friday, 10 March 2023 16:33 (one year ago) link
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.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Friday, 10 March 2023 16:36 (one year ago) link
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)
― Paul Ponzi, Friday, 10 March 2023 18:35 (one year ago) link
Cover, visuals and “persona” are just urgh
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Friday, 10 March 2023 21:10 (one year ago) link
I think she's going for making you uncomfortable, no?
― Soundslike, Saturday, 11 March 2023 02:24 (one year ago) link
Sorry, I forgot sincerely they use they.
It’s working, just not in any way I can see the point of.
― Tsar Bombadil (James Morrison), Saturday, 11 March 2023 03:30 (one year ago) link
No way I’d go see them live if that’s how they perform. Mission accomplished in scaring off the squares, I guess
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Saturday, 11 March 2023 09:47 (one year ago) link
No way you’d go see them live if what’s how they perform?
― least said, sergio mendes (sic), Saturday, 11 March 2023 11:52 (one year ago) link
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
― ˈʌglɪɪst preɪ, Saturday, 11 March 2023 17:24 (one year ago) link
THIS IS FOR ZACHARRRRRRIUS
― ˈʌglɪɪst preɪ, Saturday, 11 March 2023 17:28 (one year ago) link
Got my numbered vinyl copy - #100!
― Evan, Saturday, 11 March 2023 21:50 (one year ago) link
"shiver" is a hell of a song, sheesh
― avatár the way of watár (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 15 March 2023 16:16 (one year ago) link
Finally figured out what "Shiver" reminded me of:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-2jXC6rUIc
― Doctor Madame Frances Experimento, LLC", Wednesday, 15 March 2023 20:44 (one year ago) link
the costuming and vibe is incredible, and definitely not new. i mean ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymCP6zC_qJU (trigger warning: Cronenbergian shit)
― Vapor waif (uptown churl), Wednesday, 15 March 2023 21:28 (one year ago) link
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.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 3 May 2023 12:26 (ten months ago) link