The sister half of Sweden’s brother/sister duo The Knife Karin Dreijer ventures out on her own in a haunting new project called Fever Ray. Fever Ray has found a home on Mute Records whom will be releasing the self titled full length March Twenty-Fourth. If we learned anything from The Knife its that Karin likes her music like I like my women; dark and brooding and disorienting as all get out. The album is a dish best served with a bottle of cheap wine and repressed memories.
Ogle this video from one of the many stand out tracks on the album, ‘If I Had A Heart’.
If I Had A Heart from Fever Ray on Vimeo.
UK’s extremely experimental duo Fuck Buttons remixed ‘If I Had a Heart’ into an even more distorted spacey jaunt that should have you dancing and crying all at the same time.
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MP3: Fever Ray – If I Had A Heart (Fuck Buttons remix)
[9mb | 145 kbps | 8:27]
Fellow Swede Familjen also gives us a remix of the same song but take a more downtemp approach which we ain’t mad at.
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MP3: Fever Ray – If I Had A Heart (Familjen remix)
[5.5mb | 192 kbps | 3:54]
Again, The “If I Had A Heart” 7″ is now out on Mute. The self-titled album is due 3/24. Preview all the tracks and bookmark this link for when the album drops.
Fever Ray on Vimeo.
The Knife on MySpace.
Fuck Buttons on MySpace.
Familjen on Myspace.
