For popular bands, one track can spark that initial music media buzz. For the Swedish brother-sister duo, The Knife, that song was Heartbeats. José González - another Swedish artist - then stripped the song down to a indie-folk chassis, revealing its essential beauty, which can be heard on his debut album Veneer.
The Knife's latest album, Silent Shout, takes the creative synergy of the two musical architects to the next floor. The fourth track, We Share Our Mother's Health, sounds like Earth's electronic music paradigm is pitch shifting. While Karin Dreijer Andersson's voice is shifted downward - well into masculinity - in the last verse, as she sings:
Say you like itOn a planet with a population of misshapen humanoids, the song's vibe would sweep across the landscape like the compression wave of a sonic plague.
Say you need it
When you don't...
video @ youtube (heartbeats, the knife)
profile @ myspace
mp3 @ kollegedaily.typepad.com (we share our mother's health, the knife)
video @ youtube (handy man - the knife)
video @ youtube (like a pen - the knife)
video @ youtube (neverland - the knife)
video @ youtube (rock classics - the knife)
video @ youtube (heartbeats[cover] - jose gonzalez)
video @ youtube (heartbeats[cover] dabin, daniela andrade)
video @ youtube (heartbeats cover, audiotree)
video @ youtube (heartbeats cover, ellie goulding [acoustic])
video @ youtube (heartbeats cover, count [acoustic])
video @ youtube (heartbeats cover, charlie simpson [acoustic])
video @ youtube (heartbeats cover, anna scouten [banjo])
video @ youtube (heartbeats cover, alex cornell [acoustic])
video @ youtube (heartbeats cover, lustina [a capella])
video @ youtube (heartbeats cover, broken boat [acoustic])
video @ youtube (heartbeats cover, jhameel [acoustic])
video @ youtube (heartbeats cover, signe & hvetter [acoustic])
video @ youtube (heartbeats cover, les babettes [acoustic/a capella])
stream @ klicktrack.com
feed @ hypem.com
discography @ amazon.com
interview @ krugermagazine.com
interview @ myvillage.co.uk
reviews @ metacritic.com
home page @ theknife.se
home page @ theknife.net
home page @ silentshout.co.uk
label @ rabidrecords.com
encyclopedia @ wikipedia
