Fever Ray Announces New Release
By Mali
Fever Ray, aka Karin Dreijer Andersson, one half of The Knife, has just announced that she will be releasing her debut self-titled album on CD/LP March 24, 2009 on Mute and it is available for digital download January 13, 2009.
Her album is the culmination of work that began in 2007 when Karin and Olof, the brother-sister duo who are The Knife, decided to take time out following a handful of incredible live shows. Their first two albums did well in their Swedish homeland; their third, Silent Shout, went to Number One, won six Swedish Grammys, underlined their reputation as an act capable of the truly extraordinary.
After having her second child and eight months of the most productive daydreaming later, Karin had a batch of new songs and the raw materials for the production of Fever Ray. Unsure how to get them over the finishing line, she took half to Christoffer Berg (who mixed The Knife’s work) and half to Stockholm production duo Van Rivers & The Subliminal Kid for a final brush and tickle.
The result is Fever Ray, an album that, while recognizably the work of the same artist, is dramatically different from The Knife. It’s still constructed on electronic foundations and embellished with traditional instrumentation (guitar here, congas there).
Check out the tracklisting below…
Fever Ray
1. If I Had A Heart
2. When I Grow Up
3. Dry & Dusty
4. Seven
5. Triangle Walks
6. Concrete Walls
7. Now’s The Only Time I Know
8. I’m Not Done
9. Keep The Streets Empty For Me
10. Coconut
Check out her video for “If I Had a Heart” below…
Monday, January 12, 2009 9:38AM
I love love love The Knife. I may also get flak for saying this but they totally reinvented Robyn. Robyn, the sugar sweet bubble gum princess with a few hits in the States during the 90s? Yes, that same one. Now you can actually listen to an electronica-pop Robyn instead and not be labeled as a teeny bopper – thanks to The Knife.
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