This disc is full desensations. First, there is this sort of monotonous and dull pulsing, then this deep and shamanic voice that picks you to immerse yourself in the dark. This voice is that of Karen Dreijer Andersson half of the duo The Knife Swedish electro. But unlike the production of The Knife, Fever Ray takes us to the dark and cold side of his creative.
This album is a perfect surreal sequence of adventure where cross diametrically opposed but if additional elements to form in the end a kind of nightmare in which no one advances step, with only guide this disturbing voice and possessed, sometimes shamanistic, sometimes heavenly .
Everything here is icy, tetanizing at times like these two voodoo ceremonies are "If I Had A Heart" and "Concrete Walls." Even if one believes glimpse a hint of light on some songs like "When I Grow Up" and "Seven", the terrifying hallucinations sung dune serene voice what is worrying, brings us to the depths of nightmares semi-awake Karen Dreijer. The coldness of the place reminds us of Joy Division.
The world of Fever Ray looks scary and repulsive, but lon is irremediably invaded by envy to travel and experience the feel that indescribable territory where our childhood fears overtakes us. Lemprise and complete, not séchapper but do we really want
Karen Dreijer Andersson signs here an organic and rich work, a unique experience as it is rare to meet in the current musical landscape.
