Video: Europa Europa and The Knife – “För alla namn vi inte får använda”

The Knife have teamed up with political art group Ful for an audio visual experience titled Europa Europa. The project was written and directed by Nasim Aghili and focuses on Sweden and the EU’s migration politics.

In celebration of the forthcoming July 1st opening the duo has shared the Roxy Farhat directed video for one of the songs featured in the cabaret, titled "För Alla Namn Vi Inte Får Använda".

According to the video description on Youtube, the song is intended to "praise all those hundreds of thousands of people who defy the cameras, the deadly waters, the barbed wire, the violence and the compact political resistance, and make it across the external and internal borders of Europe every year." 

Video: The Knife – “A Cherry on Top”

It’s been a couple weeks since the Knife’s latest, ShakingThe Habitual, officially dropped but Karin Dreijer Andersson and Olof Dreijer are only just beginning their promotional campaign with the European leg of the tour kicking off.  Still no word on when they will be returning to the U.S. but regardless of where you call home everyone can enjoy the new set of animated visuals created by Martin Falck for stand-out track “A Cherry On Top” 

Listen: The Knife – “Shaking The Habitual” Full LP Stream

The Knife’s highly anticipated fourth album, and first in seven years, Shaking the Habitual, is now streaming in full one week ahead of its official release date (April 9th via Mute).

The duo all but ditch the electro pop sound of 2006’s unstoppable “Silent Shout” and follow the formula introduced in their 2010 Tomorrow, In A Year score.  The album is filled with long stretches of melody-free movements heavy on the art and less concerned with any sort of commercial attributions or humor. Unlike Tomorrow though The Knife’s latest does so with an harsh thunderous bang rather than the quiet and gentle organic palette used in the avant-garde Danish opera. That being said fans shouldn’t be too concerned as Shaking The Habitual is a record that has a little bit of The Knife of old, a little Fever Ray and even a splice of Oni Ayhun but at the same time is a new exhilarating sound that will equally excite you as their older material did the first time you heard it.  The tracklist spans 13 songs running 90-minutes in length. Check it out HERE or below...

Shaking the Habitual Tracklist:
01. A Tooth for an Eye (6:04)
02. Full of Fire (9:17)
03. A Cherry on Top (8:43)
04. Without You My Life Would Be Boring (5:14)
05. Wrap Your Arms Around Me (4:36)
06. Crake (0:55)
07. Old Dreams Waiting to Be Realized (19:22)
08. Raging Lung (9:58)
09. Networking (6:42)
10. Oryx (0:37)
11. Stay Out Here (10:42)
12. Fracking Fluid Injection (9:54)
13. Ready to Lose (4:36)

Video: The Knife – “A Tooth For An Eye“

A snowy Friday here in New York but things just got a little bit more bright and warm with the seemingly unexpected release of a second tune and video from the The Knife’s forthcoming LP, Shaking The Habitual. The band shared its video, directed by Roxy Farhat and Kakan Hermansson, along with the following statement:

"A Tooth For An Eye" deconstructs images of maleness, power and leadership. Who are the people we trust as our leaders and why? What do we have to learn from those we consider inferior? In a sport setting where one would traditionally consider a group of men as powerful and in charge, an unexpected leader emerges. A child enters and allows the men to let go of their hierarchies, machismo and fear of intimacy, as they follow her into a dance. Their lack of expertise and vulnerability shines through as they perform the choreography. Amateurs and skilled dancers alike express joy and a sense of freedom; There is no prestige in their performance. The child is powerful, tough and sweet all at once, roaring "I'm telling you stories, trust me". There is no shame in her girliness, rather she possesses knowledge that the men lost a long time ago.”

Video: The Knife – “Full Of Fire”

What a treat, about 48 hours after we got new music from The Knife a video has surfaced for “Full Of Fire” The first taste of the Swedish siblings forthcoming LP, Shaking The Habitual. Of course this being The Knife you know you can expect something out of the box, the clip(short film) comes courtesy of "feminist porn" director Marit Östberg and features all kinds of atypical sexual scenarios being played out in public spaces. Karin Dreijer Andersson and Olof Dreijer appear in the video(in disguise of course) Karin plays the woman in the black wig in the apartment, while Olof plays the man in the scarf.