The Knife

softmee

I,ve discovered this band few months ago.. and i just love them.

This videos specially :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKhjaGRhIYU&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcv3v6XfEvM&feature=list_related&playnext=1&list=AVGxdCwVVULXeZJui0r54zXkSVkEo8Xivu

I can watch "pass this on" 10 times a day and i am just in love with it.

Do you know them, what you think? I dont even know how popular they are.

TwoCanDan

Hey,
They'd be pretty popular alright. Their album Silent Shout was a critical smash in 2006 (not sure how big it was commercially). If you like like them you'll probably like Karin's other band Fever Ray...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBAzlNJonO8&feature=related

Wildlife Actor

See this live version of heartbeats. Amazing. They rarely do live.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrjwqXwyzNU

softmee

Wow, thanks. If anybody knows any band nearly as good as they are, please recommend.
I think "pass this on" clip is just genius. Do you know THE KNIFE is brother and sister and they are both in this video?

dagdha

I love heartbeats and the video for it aswell, I don't know what it is about the video, it's fairly plain but its just simple and cool. The first I heard of them was when Jose Gonzalez had the cover out and I thought it was pretty good but I think the original is way better even though they are completely different versions.

Toby Take a Bow

Have been listening to them a lot recently. Really, really like their stuff.

They can be pretty nuts too (and deadly at the same time). Example:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWsX9ggfL2Q

softmee

This one is cool as well and i love this cd cover by the way.. :pac:

-and i didnt know Karin Dreijer sings this :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLpkXtM-VI8&feature=related

KnifeWRENCH

Love The Knife. I actually got into them from by listening to Fever Ray; I think I'm listening to everything Karin Dreijer has done in reverse chronological order. Silent Shout amazing album.

My personal favourites (off each album)
Lasagna (from The Knife)
Girls Night Out (from Deep Cuts)
We Share Our Mother's Health (from Silent Shout)

I'd also recommend checking out Honey is Cool - an indie band Karin was in before The Knife. The only downside is that their albums are impossible to find; Plug'd Records in Cork ordered one for me but said it would take anything between one month and 50 days for it to get here.

Anyway,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJzceZO2PX8

4Sheets

And dont forget Karen has done great work with other acts..
Royksopp - What Else Is There:D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iX-kUX4Z9Bk

budgemook

Resurrecting an old thread to let people know The Knife have a new album out in April and are PLAYING A FEW LIVE SHOWS IN THE SUMMER!

Closest to Ireland is London unfortunately.

Still going though.

notnumber

budgemook wrote: »

Resurrecting an old thread to let people know The Knife have a new album out in April and are PLAYING A FEW LIVE SHOWS IN THE SUMMER!

Closest to Ireland is London unfortunately.

Still going though.

New album flagged already in 2013 releases thread,altough maybe not about the live shows..interesting.

S.M.B.

Managed to get tickets in the presale this morning. Many people didn't and are rather pissed off.

ThisRegard

Of all things Breaking Bad got me into Fever Ray, and from there, The Knife. If I had a Heart was played in one scene which had me hooked.

budgemook

S.M.B. wrote: »

Managed to get tickets in the presale this morning. Many people didn't and are rather pissed off.

Presale was really bad, an hour of being asked for a password and then no ticket. Will try tomorrow but not too optimistic.

nocoverart

OP, what a great time to discover The Knife! a new album out in April. Some of us had to wait a bit longer for new stuff. I'm very proud that they're top of my Last FM charts. http://www.last.fm/user/postrocklove

EDIT: didn't realise this thread was nearly two years old

Captain Graphite

S.M.B. wrote: »

Managed to get tickets in the presale this morning. Many people didn't and are rather pissed off.

Same. Seemed to be a pretty shít set-up. Feel bad for those who got a pre-sale code and still missed out, especially when there were reports on Twitter about tickets appearing on tout websites for £174. :mad:

Can't believe my luck that I actually got one. Even if I have to go by myself, roll on 8th May!

S.M.B.

I'm not sure if anyone I know who was interested in going got tickets in the end.

If it turns out they didn't in the end then I'll probably go as part of a The London Indie Music Meetup Group.

Intensive Care Bear

I managed to buy two tickets for Berlin and two tickets for London. I think i'm going to burst with excitement at the thoughts of finally getting to see them play.

garra

Love the Knife, they have that ability to convey ideas in sound and create an aural landscape which just takes you away to another place or time. Pass This On is just a beast of a song. Heartbeats was my hook for this band, it was played on guitar by a Swedish dude on Jools Holland - I had to find the original and so my love for the Knife was forged.
Lets email them to play Dublin!

nocoverart

garra wrote: »

Love the Knife, they have that ability to convey ideas in sound and create an aural landscape which just takes you away to another place or time. Pass This On is just a beast of a song. Heartbeats was my hook for this band, it was played on guitar by a Swedish dude on Jools Holland - I had to find the original and so my love for the Knife was forged.
Lets email them to play Dublin!

Unfortunately I think them playing a show in Dublin is highly unlikely at this stage. I think our best hope is a festival slot, and I'm not confident about that either. I'm actually listening to Deep Cuts now for the first time in ages FOOKIN MAGIC ALBUM!

OctavarIan

They released the tracklist for their new album 'Shaking the Habitual'.

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

Intensive Care Bear

I might be be selling my tickets for the Berlin gig, i'm not sure yet, if i am i'll offer them here first.

nocoverart

OctavarIan wrote: »

They released the tracklist for their new album 'Shaking the Habitual'.

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

Yeah, nearly a 100 minutes long. Not sure if that's a good or bad thing?

Captain Graphite

A video clip for "Full of Fire" was briefly on Youtube but got pulled. Here's an audio link on ObscureSound: http://www.obscuresound.com/2013/01/the-knife-full-of-fire/

It's nine minutes long, very techno and very dark. Not exactly "easy listening" but I think it'll be a grower. If it's an indication of the overall sound of the album then I reckon I'm gonna be pretty happy with it.

eljono

First heard Silent Shout in 2010 and it kind of defines that year for me, excellent album.

Love this track too from Tomorrow, in a Year.

Miguel_Sanchez

1210m5g wrote: »

I might be be selling my tickets for the Berlin gig, i'm not sure yet, if i am i'll offer them here first.

No ticket selling here I'm afraid. I'd recommend you use toutless.com if you are selling them.

Gonzovision

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoH6k6eIUS4

nocoverart

In all honesty, I'm very disappointed with this track! I don't think any more plays will change that. Way too abrasive, long and samey.

Gonzovision

nocoverart wrote: »

In all honesty, I'm very disappointed with this track! I don't think any more plays will change that. Way too abrasive, long and samey.

It's hard to say on first listen, there is an awful lot going on.

Stark

Not really getting it but then a lot of their work took a long time to grow on me. It's not as bad as Fever Ray's "No Face" anyway, which I really didn't get.

Edit: Have given it another few listens and it's growing on me. It's like a darker more industrial version of Hot Chip.

Gonzovision

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQyRgzsM0zk

nocoverart

Liking this a lot more than Full of Fire. Almost get the feeling that this album will be more along the lines of Tomorrow, IN a Year (in terms of style) rather than Silent Shout MK2 or Fever Ray

Gonzovision

nocoverart wrote: »

Liking this a lot more than Full of Fire. Almost get the feeling that this album will be more along the lines of Tomorrow, IN a Year (in terms of style) rather than Silent Shout MK2 or Fever Ray

Have to say Full of Fire has grown on me, there is an absolute load going on in that track.

Stark

Same here. I've listened to it countless times at this stage and even at 9 minutes, it always feels like it's over too soon. That's not the final version of the new song above is it ? The quality seems a bit off, it sounds like it could be good but there's a lot going on that I'm struggling to hear.

retalivity

across the pond so little to no chance of me getting to see them anytime soon.
full of fire has really started growing on me too. didnt like it at first at all.

Stark

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W10F0ezCTIQ

Sound quality sounds a little better. It's good but I think I prefer "Full of Fire".

Gonzovision

Album streaming here

arbitrary constant

Listening to it right now. Am four tracks in and already I love "Without You My Life Would Be Boring". Something about the sound of squawking flutes always gets me. "A Cherry On Top" is more difficult, will need a few more listens before I know how I feel about it.

Am both looking forward to and slightly worried about the 20-minute white noise track that'll be coming up soon...

"Wrap Your Arms Around Me" has just started and already I'm a little unnerved by it....

EDIT: "Raging Lung" is awesome!

nocoverart

A very challenging album, but in a good way I think. Could be a masterpiece.

Gonzovision

I'm not sure I can listen to it all in one sitting.....

Gonzovision

This is really growing on me now. I really love the first two tracks, A tooth for an Eye and Full of Fire. I had heard both quite a bit before hand but they have really sunk in at this stage. After that the stand outs so far are, Wrap your arms around me and Raging Lung. I still have difficulty with Old Dreams Waiting to be Realised, simply because of the length and Fracking Fluid Injection, which I haven't got the foggiest about what's going on! It is only the second day that I've gotten to listen to it and it is pretty damn impenetrable at first to say the least.

loyatemu

Listened to it once yesterday. It may be a grower but TBH I don't want to listen to it again - long sections of it are very dull.

mosstin

loyatemu wrote: »

Listened to it once yesterday. It may be a grower but TBH I don't want to listen to it again - long sections of it are very dull.

It's really worth persisting with to be honest. There's a ****load of things happening there and it'll take infinite patience to allow it to wash over you. Listened to it all day today and yesterday and I'm really starting to love it. Track titles elude me but 'Raging Lung' definitely stands out as do the opening track and 'Wrap Your Arms Around Me'. It's shaping up wonderfully.

Here's what Sterogum make of it thus far.

Stark

Someone made a comment that summed it up nicely. "There's a really good 45 minute album hiding in there". There's a lot of dull stuff that I'm probably not going to listen to again but there's an awful lot that's excellent too. "Full of fire" convinced me that it's probably worth sticking with. I hated that "song" on the first couple of listens: I honestly thought all the Youtube commenters saying "this is amazing" were trolling, braindead, or simply engaged in blind devotion. But after my brain's had time to decode it, I think it's awesome. I can't wait for a proper download of it so I can listen to it properly at my leisure instead of in front of the computer.

nocoverart

Some of the tracks are absolutely unreal while some are nothing short of diabolical. I've created my own mini-album at this stage, but what a great fookin mini-album! stand-outs for me are, A Tooth For An Eye, Wrap Your Arms Around Me, Raging Lung and Ready To Lose.

budgemook

Got the album this evening, a bit afraid to listen to be honest!

SilverScreen

Had to give this one a while to sink in. I still don't know what to make of it, I can't decide whether it's a stroke of genius, an over-indulgent mess or a bit of both. It's certainly a far cry from the synthpop of Deep Cuts. If they left 'Old Dreams Waiting to be Realized' and 'Fracking Fluid Injection' off the album it would have been more focused and more consistent. There's some really great material on the album besides this, 'A Tooth For an Eye' and 'Raging Lung' in particular.

It's certainly something different and I can't imagine this album existing ten years ago. It's been a while since I've been challenged and baffled by a new release but I don't really feel like wasting too much time trying to figure it out. It could be something that will make more sense in another ten years or maybe not, time will tell.

loyatemu

I made a Spotify playlist omitting the 3 long boring tracks ("A cherry on top" being the 3rd one), and its actually a pretty good (if intense) record now. Its still nowhere near as good as Silent Shout though.

nocoverart

Reading a few posts on Last FM I think it was, and the Live-Shows are suppose to be utter cack! it all just feels half baked with The Knife this time around. I read It's more like a play than a gig, hopefully come the festivals it will be more about the tunes.

ILIKEFOOD

Travelled from Dublin to hamburg to see them. A very unusual 'gig' there was no live instrumentation whatsoever. I think the knife have become more about their ideals than anything else. The performance was (it has to have been) intentionally bad as if to say 'you wanted a show and we'll give you a bad version of one you wouldn't want to see anyway' with woeful choreography, a very unlikely guy dressed as a Viking acting as a pre gig cheerleader. I actually thought he was part of the venue at first. They didn't play a good few tunes I was hoping for either. Don't hold your breathe for a big festival show - the '**** show' is definitely intentional and another means of getting you to think about what they represent and their politics etc. I expected something off the wall - and got it - I enjoyed it too, outrageous but I think that pure shock of outrage will wear of easily on those expecting it

budgemook

playing the sunday at electric picnic

http://theknife.net/show/