The Knife
- Silent Shout [Rabid/Mute, 2006] A-
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Silent Shout [Rabid/Mute, 2006]Celebrating the lighter side of alienation, the cunning Olof Dreijer elbows comely synthesizer tunelets with sharp synthesizer beatlets as his wacky sister Karin applies a kiddie screech to various bad things. Exactly what these are is hard to say because the lyrics resist parsing as sound and sense. But the musical construction is so jaunty that they can't be serious even if they're cutting their alienated fans out of the joke. Dig it when Karin lowers her voice electronically and duets with herself. Good giggles are so rare in alt these days. A-
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- [NPR] Coming Around to See the Point of The Knife [2007-03-29]