The Knife - Shaking the Habitual

The Knife has posted a new teaser video on their facebook page and Pitchfork confidently interprets this as a new album titled "Shaking the Habitual" on Mute

Feat. Shannon Funchess of Light Asylum

http://theknife.net/

Finally some news.

It's about time.

YAY! :emotawesomepm9: :emotawesomepm9: :emotawesomepm9:

Fuck! I really hate it when pitchfork asserts that one band directly is responsible for another band! It's their pathetic way of making their magazine seem prescient and all-knowing, and it's fucking annoying. "The Swedish brother/sister duo's influence can be heard in the likes of Purity Ring, Niki & the Dove, Kate Boy, Chvrches, and more."

Yeah well what if I don't agree with your expert opinion? What if I think what you write is naive and assuming? Why always frame one band in reference to another? It isn't smart, it's lazy, it's boring, it is never ever ever going to be good music journalism.

/endrant

and yeah I'm excited for more knife

What they said is true though, isn't it?

This is a big one for me anyway. Can't wait.

i'd rather have new fever ray but i will definitely check this out.

  On 12/14/2012 at 2:59 PM, jules said:

i'd rather have new Oni Ayhun but i will definitely check this out.

April 8/9.

on my birthday, yay.....and I second that motion jules, more FevAr Ray pleeeeeeeeeez

First track "Full of Fire" here: http://www.junodownload.com/products/the-knife-full-of-fire/2122776-02/

Rumoured track titles and details:

A Tooth for an Eye — 6:04
Full of Fire — 9:17
A Cherry on Top — 8:43
Without You My Life Would Be Boring — 5:14
Wrap Your Arms Around Me — 4:36
Crake — 0:55
Old Dreams Waiting to Be Realized — 19:02
Raging Lung — 9:58
Networking — 6:42
Oryx — 0:37
Stay Out Here (feat. Shannon Funchess) — 10:42
Fracking Fluid Injection — 9:54
Ready to Lose — 4:36

link doesn't work.

Track is going to be released next week I think.

It worked earlier, sounded pretty hard and good!

They've taken it down.

There's a 30 sec clip on Soundcloud but not really worth bothering.

I hate all this teasing. Either release something or don't.

Wow, 96 minutes. It will probably be a double then! lol @ Oryx & Crake interludes.

I'll probably refrain from hearing samples until we're much closer to release. I don't need to worsen the Exai syndrome.

crazy looking track times there

  On 12/14/2012 at 2:59 PM, jules said:

i'd rather have new fever ray but i will definitely check this out.

yes to the first part. never enjoyed the knife oddly enough

  psn said:

It worked earlier, sounded pretty hard and good!

Listened via a youtube link that has now been taken down, but wow, this is sounding pretty dark, even for The Knife. Loving the drum programming, really excited for the full release.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Fp_dV-MxNBY

I really like what they are doing. Excited about this new album, it's gonna be epic.

  On 1/24/2013 at 5:43 PM, jules said:

crazy looking track times there

Reminds me of Tomorrow, In a Day which I finally listened to for the first time Monday.

I think this is fantastic, almost like an updated Nitzer Ebb 1989 in its relentless and stripped down percussion bonanza.

A little game of cat and mouse going on at youtube...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJcHo9YbDgk&feature=player_embedded#!

taken down

I wasn't going to listen to this, but I am.

I think the track will work better as part of the album. I was surprised that for a 9 minute track it didn't seem to really go anywhere. Not that I didn't enjoy the sounds...