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”
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 littleFever 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)
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 Farhatand 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.”
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 Östbergand
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.
The Knife have released some of my favorite music of all
time, it’s been 6 years since their last proper full length, the unstoppable
Silent Shout, but as luck would have it The duo’s first single from their new
record, Shaking The Habitual is out next week and you can steam it in its
entirety now. Coming in at 9 minutes, “Full of Fire” builds upon the organic
sound the Sweds created with their opera, Tomorrow, In A Year while
capturing the darkness found in Silent Shout and popyness of Deep
Cuts. Frankly they could have recorded a toilet flushing and I would have been happy as any new material from this brother and sister team is welcomed. Shaking
The Habitual is out April 9th through Brille/Mute, check out the stream below along side some LP info...
Shaking the Habitual is a 13 track, 98 minute long double CD/triple LP.
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
