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Artist: Fever RayEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
CD Release Date: 2009-03-24
Music Label: Mute U.S.
Soundtracks:
- If I Had a Heart
- When I Grow Up
- Dry and Dusty
- Seven
- Triangle Walks
- Concrete Walls
- Now's the Only Time I Know
- I'm Not Done
- Keep the Streets Empty for Me
- Coconut
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Free Music Review: BEst album of 2009?
Hit: 5 Stars
Solo projects can be a double-edged sword for most artists. When The Knife announced, at the end of their last world your, that they may well take a deserved break from music we were afraid to even consider the consequences seriously. To our joy they may have meant it as a band (hopefully not) and the result is Karin Dreijer Andersson's outstanding debut that has been in the works for a number of years now.
Comparisons with The Knife are understandable but not always precise. Where Silent shout provided the perfect soundtrack to get the party started, Fever Ray is the music that lingers in the ears as people are exiting with the exhilaration still palpable in the skin. Her signature voice distortion and distinctive vocals are impossible to miss, but they are exploited to produce a wider, richer experience.
Opener If I had a heart is a slow-paced introduction to first single When I grow up, a song that if taken literally is a simple friends singalong but if translated properly talks about longing for that ideal moment to fall in love, past discomfort. This is the turning point - if by now it hasn't happened - when one realizes that she has stripped any direct connections to dance music and instead has opted for a more chilled and accessible approach. It is true that the mark of brother Olof is visible behind the management of samples but it is Karin with her lyrics and her androgynous voice that complements the music to create a brilliant departure from familiar ground.
In Seven she professes I've got a friend who I've known since I was seven / we used to talk on the phone, if we have time, if it's the right time. One never learns if she is referring to an imaginary friend or some kind of paranoia but the journey is deliciously enjoyable. The metallic persona projected almost makes the listener believe that she wants to disengage on purpose from the ideas and feelings that generated her current experience: motherhood, nature, silence. I'm not done explores the mix of genres she honestly displays taking a step aside The Knife's shadow, and Coconut ends the ride reminiscing natural surroundings with a tight structure that barely let lyrics slip by.
As if needed to destroy any doubts about her individuality as an artist she has taken off the mask that separated the person from the music she and Olof crafted as a duo. Her angelical face is only a welcome packet to a world of possibilities now tangible with every beat.
This is a record that never resolves into a pumping session but it never fails to satisfy. An album of ideas but of deep emotional effect, with subtleties that crawl slowly but steadily, that is Fever Ray. The hidden clues to uncover its beauty are scattered making it a flavor that one keeps coming back to savor in a different way each time. Never dull despite the mood, never disappointing despite the apparent form constriction, Fever Ray is one of the best records released this year and a morphing creature that continues to evolve to reveal a fascinating soundscape with each listen.
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