Fever Ray has come in as Last.fm’s 34th most Scrobbled artist of 2009 with 4,007,356 plays from 803,456 listeners:
http://www.last.fm/bestof/2009/chart/32
“We compiled the list by looking at scrobbles for albums released between 1st October 2008 and 16th November 2009. We took out live albums, greatest hits collections, EP’s and singles before pulling them together into the lean, mean format you see before your eyes.”
“The latest is “Keep the Streets Empty for Me,” a phantasmagoric neo-noir that briefly suggests Riisian muckraking by way of Dogme 95 realism, but which the directors, Jens Klevje and Fabian Svensson, say draws more from Jungian symbology and Japanese horror films. “On the blogs, people have mentioned ‘The Road’ as a reference point,” Klevje says. “It’s the dystopia feeling.””
Read the full article here.
“Ljusshowen har en förmåga att ta andan ur publiken och bildar en perfekt symbios med musiken där spår som When I grow up, kvällens främsta, får en ytterligare dimension, ja näst intill en överdos av dramatik. Det råder inget som helst tvivel om att Fever Ray var det skarpaste svenska musikuttrycket på en livescen under 2009. Om detta nu är slutet på Fever Ray och början på ett nytt kapitel för The Knife återstår att se. Dreijer-syskonens vägar är ju så genialiskt outgrundliga.’
http://www.svd.se/kulturnoje/scen/artikel_3841231.svd
Fever Ray is nominated in three categories by Swedish public service radio: Pop, Dance and Rookie!
Photography by Annika Aschberg
NPR‘s All Songs Considered have nominated Fever Ray as one of their favorite albums of the year, you can vote below and leave a comment on the NPR website here.
