Together with her brother Olof in the duo The Knife, Karin Dreijer was introduced internationally and became known for her bold aesthetic and distinctive voice. As solo act Fever Ray, he has since continued to push the boundaries. By collaborating with a number of different producers over the years, a work that is both cohesive and very detailed has been created.
If the debut album from 2009 was distinguished by minimalistic arrangements, 2017's "Plunge" was rather maximalist. There, Fever Ray explored his desires from a position that was as political as it was playful. On the upcoming album "Radical Romantics", which will be released on March 10 via Mute, she invents an unnamed character, from whose perspective we get to experience love from several different angles - both the languishing and the sneaking, the worries about the future, how everything can fall apart, settling into the everyday, the fear that a lover's approval will rub off on one's self-esteem. It's an expansive, yet focused, record that speaks to both the heart and the brain, suitable for both the dance floor and the bedroom.
Dreijer is one of pop's true visionaries and in his hands the raw and familiar is shaped into both infinitely beautiful and horrible forms. The strength is balanced by vulnerability, the anxiety by self-assurance. Look deep into the cracked prism of love and find yourself.