Fever Ray - Fever Ray

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4...according to our Brian on Thu 22 Oct, 2009.

Fever Ray now. Brett's a major Knife fan, so much so he comes in of a morn' dressed in strange crow costumes and dragging pine trees & glitter around with him. He hasn't mastered the distinctive vocal technique beloved of Karin Dreijer as yet. He just stands there squawking obscurely whilst flapping his dubiously feathered man-arms around but rest assured he now has his antique Casio sampling keyboard up & running & with any luck, those inpenetrable wails of his will soon hit the mark. I think she's mising her sibling/husband/male colleage cos some of the vocals are of a masculine depth of tone, whilst her unique style of kooky cooing is much more in the feminine realm. She must have a voice pitch flangeometer you know. The music is very good, not as pumping euro-lectro & dark trance as 'Silent Shout' but very much like the earlier burbling, oriental synth style & pulsing mature electro pop of their earlier stuff. I like the way her solo stuff is just bound to be lapped up by The Knife's legions of "rabid" fans. Stylistically similar yet more restained & subtle, these songs are sure to affect you with their Scandinavian mystique & charm. Limited vinyl & CD.

TRACKLISTING: 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
OVERVIEW: Fever Ray, aka Karin Dreijer Andersson, one half of The Knife, is set to release her debut self-titled album on March 30th 2009 on Rabid Records.
Fever Ray is the title, of both project and album, an evocation of the music’s sound, intense and anxious, yet luminous. It’s 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 and was pronounced the best record of 2006 by Pitchfork.

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), 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 recognisably 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).
One thing’s for sure – in a country with a wealth of leftfield pop artists, Karin Dreijer Andersson sounds like no one but herself. Constantly inventive, restlessly emotive, Fever Ray swaggers, broods, intrigues and dazzles without ever making concessions to the soap opera demands of modern media.

Fever Ray works its magic. Here’s your chance to fall under its spell.

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