Fever Ray

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共12首歌曲

艺人: Fever Ray
语种: 英语
厂牌: Mute
发行时间: 2009年03月24日
专辑类别: 录音室专辑

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对于Fever Ray，我想很多人对并不熟悉，但他最近很火，原因很简单，这是Karin Dreijer Andersson的首张solo专辑，而Karin是电子界顶顶大名的The Knife的主唱，你说他能不红么？

留意到这张专辑已经有一段时间了，主要是听到他的首发单曲《If I Had A Heart》。在这张专辑里Karin Dreijer Andersson依旧保留着一些The Knife原有的感觉在其中，但并不多，个人感觉《Fever Ray》比起以往的专辑要显得沉重了一些，可能是因为背景音乐渲染得要格外的厚重、另类的原因吧，但无法否认这些都非常的漂亮。如果把这张和The Knife以往的专辑放在一起做比较的话，你会发现他们较为明显的共同点——明快的节拍。我非常喜欢这样的感觉，就像很亮的颜色用在很黑灰的画上一样，很容易提升整体的风格。正因为这样的节拍，很好的缓解了背景音乐的给人带来的沉闷感，反而让这些不良的感觉起到了反作用力，神秘之外，让整张专辑显得特别的前卫、另类。Karin的声音依旧是亮点，他的声音我还是比较熟悉的，《Heartbeats》、《Silent Shout》这些大快人心的单曲，依旧让我记忆犹新。我一直都觉得他的某几个声部挺有Bjork的味道，就像很多北欧名伶一样，都会或多或少的有这样的感觉。奇异的风格，是整张专辑的另一大特色之一，我觉得这应该算是一种民族风，无论是碎碎念也好，高亢宣泄也吧，奇特，诡异，婉转的调子总是有雕刻的感觉，一些沧桑，一些诡异，Karin诠释地都非常的完美，就像图腾一样，让人有一种漫步在历史的感觉。

At first, it's a little difficult to determine where the Knife ends and Fever Ray begins. On paper, it's clear -- the Knife is the project of Karin Dreijer and her brother Olof, while Fever Ray is Karin with co-producers Christoffer Berg, Van Rivers, and the Subliminal Kid -- but the differences aren't as distinct when listening to Fever Ray the first few times. Initially, the album's dark, frosty atmosphere feels like a continuation of the Knife's brilliant Silent Shout, and the oddly bouncy rhythms on songs like &Triangle Walks& and &Coconut& recall the duo's exotic-yet-frozen Nordic/Caribbean fusion. Eventually, though, Fever Ray reveals itself as far darker and more intimate than anything by the Knife. The Knife's spooky impulses are usually tempered by vivid pop instincts that Fever Ray replaces with a consistently eerie mood, particularly on &Concrete Walls,& which feels like an even grimmer cousin of Silent Shout's &From Off to On.& However, Fever Ray's mix of confessional lyrics and chilly, blatantly synthetic and often harsh sounds make this album as successful an electronic singer/songwriter album as Björk's Homogenic. These are some of the most alluring and disturbing songs Dreijer has been involved in making: the excellent album opener &If I Had a Heart& explores possibly inhuman need with a churning, almost subliminal synth and murky bass driving Dreijer's pitch-shifted vocals (which sound more like a different part of her psyche than a different character in the song); when her untreated voice comes in, keening &will I ever ever reach the floor?& she sounds even more frail and desperate by comparison. The rest of Fever Ray follows suit, offering fragile portraits and sketches that walk the fine line between intimate and insular. Dreijer further expands on the storytelling skills she developed on Silent Shout: the characters in her songs feel even more resonant and unique, especially on &When I Grow Up,& which is as fascinatingly fragmented as a child's train of thought, skipping from sentiments like &I'm very good with plants& to &I've never liked that sad look by someone who wants to be loved by you.& She also has an eye for unusual details, as on &Seven&'s &November smoke/And your toes go numb.& It all comes together on the haunting &Now's the Only Time I Know,& where the low end of Dreijer's voice sounds especially vulnerable and the lyrics fill in just enough to be tantalizing. At times, Fever Ray threatens to become a little too mysterious, but it never sounds less than intriguing, from the layers of claps and castanets that make up the beat on &I'm Not Done& to &Keep the Streets Empty for Me&'s almost imperceptible guitars. With almost tangible textures and a striking mood of isolation and singularity, Fever Ray is a truly strange but riveting album.

Fever Ray

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