FEVER RAY
Radical Romantics
Boomkat Product Review:
Fever Ray returns, flanked by Vessel, Nídia, Olof Dreijer, Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, Aasthma and Johannes Berglund on a 3rd solo album full of odd tunings and warped glam-dancehall-electro swag.
Karin Dreijer aka Fever Ray’s ‘Radical Romantics’ continues the queered outernational pop weltanschaaung of its predecessor across 10 songs that squirm with a brilliant blend of Scandi-pop chops and sexy, propulsive, offbeat club meter.
Now 22 years deep into their thing since debuting with The Knife in 2000, Dreijer is one of very few active artists equidistant to original late ‘70s synth-pop and experimental glam of, say Kraftwerk, YMO and John Foxx - or Roxy Music and Kate Bush - and their hyperpop offspring such as Hyd or SOPHIE. It’s not hard to hear how their work since ‘Plunge’ continues to keep that lineage alive by balancing a fresh influence of producers Nídia and Vessel with the timelessness of Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross or the uncanny symbiosis with sibling, Olof from The Knife, resulting in a sort of hyperpop-adjacent sound sealed by those inimitable vocals and songwriting.
At the time of writing this we’re not privy to most of the production credits, but we can identify Olof’s tweaky Oni Ayhun-esque touch on the pensive opener ‘What They Call Us’, and that’s clearly Vessel’s razor-plucked harpsichord on the instant club ace ‘Carbon Dioxide’. An educated guess tells us Príncipe’s Nídia is behind the squeaky batida groove to ‘New Utensils’ and possibly the tarraxho slunk of ‘Kandy’, and we’d wager Reznor & Ross are responsible for plangent synth ache of the album’s mantric closer ‘Bottom of the Ocean’.
Elsewhere your guess is as good as ours as to who did the goth glam trample of ‘Even It Out’, or the nithered tang to ‘North’, but it will all become clear in due course. It remains to be said that ‘Radical Romantics’ is class; an affective ode to queer love that prizes synth-pop’s perhaps unique capacity to express the ambiguity of gender fluidity and strength in vulnerability, while having a great time doing it.
View more
Boomkat Product Review:
Fever Ray returns, flanked by Vessel, Nídia, Olof Dreijer, Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, Aasthma and Johannes Berglund on a 3rd solo album full of odd tunings and warped glam-dancehall-electro swag.
Karin Dreijer aka Fever Ray’s ‘Radical Romantics’ continues the queered outernational pop weltanschaaung of its predecessor across 10 songs that squirm with a brilliant blend of Scandi-pop chops and sexy, propulsive, offbeat club meter.
Now 22 years deep into their thing since debuting with The Knife in 2000, Dreijer is one of very few active artists equidistant to original late ‘70s synth-pop and experimental glam of, say Kraftwerk, YMO and John Foxx - or Roxy Music and Kate Bush - and their hyperpop offspring such as Hyd or SOPHIE. It’s not hard to hear how their work since ‘Plunge’ continues to keep that lineage alive by balancing a fresh influence of producers Nídia and Vessel with the timelessness of Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross or the uncanny symbiosis with sibling, Olof from The Knife, resulting in a sort of hyperpop-adjacent sound sealed by those inimitable vocals and songwriting.
At the time of writing this we’re not privy to most of the production credits, but we can identify Olof’s tweaky Oni Ayhun-esque touch on the pensive opener ‘What They Call Us’, and that’s clearly Vessel’s razor-plucked harpsichord on the instant club ace ‘Carbon Dioxide’. An educated guess tells us Príncipe’s Nídia is behind the squeaky batida groove to ‘New Utensils’ and possibly the tarraxho slunk of ‘Kandy’, and we’d wager Reznor & Ross are responsible for plangent synth ache of the album’s mantric closer ‘Bottom of the Ocean’.
Elsewhere your guess is as good as ours as to who did the goth glam trample of ‘Even It Out’, or the nithered tang to ‘North’, but it will all become clear in due course. It remains to be said that ‘Radical Romantics’ is class; an affective ode to queer love that prizes synth-pop’s perhaps unique capacity to express the ambiguity of gender fluidity and strength in vulnerability, while having a great time doing it.
Boomkat Product Review:
Fever Ray returns, flanked by Vessel, Nídia, Olof Dreijer, Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, Aasthma and Johannes Berglund on a 3rd solo album full of odd tunings and warped glam-dancehall-electro swag.
Karin Dreijer aka Fever Ray’s ‘Radical Romantics’ continues the queered outernational pop weltanschaaung of its predecessor across 10 songs that squirm with a brilliant blend of Scandi-pop chops and sexy, propulsive, offbeat club meter.
Now 22 years deep into their thing since debuting with The Knife in 2000, Dreijer is one of very few active artists equidistant to original late ‘70s synth-pop and experimental glam of, say Kraftwerk, YMO and John Foxx - or Roxy Music and Kate Bush - and their hyperpop offspring such as Hyd or SOPHIE. It’s not hard to hear how their work since ‘Plunge’ continues to keep that lineage alive by balancing a fresh influence of producers Nídia and Vessel with the timelessness of Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross or the uncanny symbiosis with sibling, Olof from The Knife, resulting in a sort of hyperpop-adjacent sound sealed by those inimitable vocals and songwriting.
At the time of writing this we’re not privy to most of the production credits, but we can identify Olof’s tweaky Oni Ayhun-esque touch on the pensive opener ‘What They Call Us’, and that’s clearly Vessel’s razor-plucked harpsichord on the instant club ace ‘Carbon Dioxide’. An educated guess tells us Príncipe’s Nídia is behind the squeaky batida groove to ‘New Utensils’ and possibly the tarraxho slunk of ‘Kandy’, and we’d wager Reznor & Ross are responsible for plangent synth ache of the album’s mantric closer ‘Bottom of the Ocean’.
Elsewhere your guess is as good as ours as to who did the goth glam trample of ‘Even It Out’, or the nithered tang to ‘North’, but it will all become clear in due course. It remains to be said that ‘Radical Romantics’ is class; an affective ode to queer love that prizes synth-pop’s perhaps unique capacity to express the ambiguity of gender fluidity and strength in vulnerability, while having a great time doing it.
Boomkat Product Review:
Fever Ray returns, flanked by Vessel, Nídia, Olof Dreijer, Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, Aasthma and Johannes Berglund on a 3rd solo album full of odd tunings and warped glam-dancehall-electro swag.
Karin Dreijer aka Fever Ray’s ‘Radical Romantics’ continues the queered outernational pop weltanschaaung of its predecessor across 10 songs that squirm with a brilliant blend of Scandi-pop chops and sexy, propulsive, offbeat club meter.
Now 22 years deep into their thing since debuting with The Knife in 2000, Dreijer is one of very few active artists equidistant to original late ‘70s synth-pop and experimental glam of, say Kraftwerk, YMO and John Foxx - or Roxy Music and Kate Bush - and their hyperpop offspring such as Hyd or SOPHIE. It’s not hard to hear how their work since ‘Plunge’ continues to keep that lineage alive by balancing a fresh influence of producers Nídia and Vessel with the timelessness of Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross or the uncanny symbiosis with sibling, Olof from The Knife, resulting in a sort of hyperpop-adjacent sound sealed by those inimitable vocals and songwriting.
At the time of writing this we’re not privy to most of the production credits, but we can identify Olof’s tweaky Oni Ayhun-esque touch on the pensive opener ‘What They Call Us’, and that’s clearly Vessel’s razor-plucked harpsichord on the instant club ace ‘Carbon Dioxide’. An educated guess tells us Príncipe’s Nídia is behind the squeaky batida groove to ‘New Utensils’ and possibly the tarraxho slunk of ‘Kandy’, and we’d wager Reznor & Ross are responsible for plangent synth ache of the album’s mantric closer ‘Bottom of the Ocean’.
Elsewhere your guess is as good as ours as to who did the goth glam trample of ‘Even It Out’, or the nithered tang to ‘North’, but it will all become clear in due course. It remains to be said that ‘Radical Romantics’ is class; an affective ode to queer love that prizes synth-pop’s perhaps unique capacity to express the ambiguity of gender fluidity and strength in vulnerability, while having a great time doing it.
Limited edition numbered red coloured vinyl in gatefold jacket with high gloss laminate sleeve. Includes A2 poster.
Out of Stock
Boomkat Product Review:
Fever Ray returns, flanked by Vessel, Nídia, Olof Dreijer, Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, Aasthma and Johannes Berglund on a 3rd solo album full of odd tunings and warped glam-dancehall-electro swag.
Karin Dreijer aka Fever Ray’s ‘Radical Romantics’ continues the queered outernational pop weltanschaaung of its predecessor across 10 songs that squirm with a brilliant blend of Scandi-pop chops and sexy, propulsive, offbeat club meter.
Now 22 years deep into their thing since debuting with The Knife in 2000, Dreijer is one of very few active artists equidistant to original late ‘70s synth-pop and experimental glam of, say Kraftwerk, YMO and John Foxx - or Roxy Music and Kate Bush - and their hyperpop offspring such as Hyd or SOPHIE. It’s not hard to hear how their work since ‘Plunge’ continues to keep that lineage alive by balancing a fresh influence of producers Nídia and Vessel with the timelessness of Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross or the uncanny symbiosis with sibling, Olof from The Knife, resulting in a sort of hyperpop-adjacent sound sealed by those inimitable vocals and songwriting.
At the time of writing this we’re not privy to most of the production credits, but we can identify Olof’s tweaky Oni Ayhun-esque touch on the pensive opener ‘What They Call Us’, and that’s clearly Vessel’s razor-plucked harpsichord on the instant club ace ‘Carbon Dioxide’. An educated guess tells us Príncipe’s Nídia is behind the squeaky batida groove to ‘New Utensils’ and possibly the tarraxho slunk of ‘Kandy’, and we’d wager Reznor & Ross are responsible for plangent synth ache of the album’s mantric closer ‘Bottom of the Ocean’.
Elsewhere your guess is as good as ours as to who did the goth glam trample of ‘Even It Out’, or the nithered tang to ‘North’, but it will all become clear in due course. It remains to be said that ‘Radical Romantics’ is class; an affective ode to queer love that prizes synth-pop’s perhaps unique capacity to express the ambiguity of gender fluidity and strength in vulnerability, while having a great time doing it.
Limited edition numbered black vinyl in gatefold jacket with high gloss laminate sleeve. Includes A2 poster.
Out of Stock
Boomkat Product Review:
Fever Ray returns, flanked by Vessel, Nídia, Olof Dreijer, Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, Aasthma and Johannes Berglund on a 3rd solo album full of odd tunings and warped glam-dancehall-electro swag.
Karin Dreijer aka Fever Ray’s ‘Radical Romantics’ continues the queered outernational pop weltanschaaung of its predecessor across 10 songs that squirm with a brilliant blend of Scandi-pop chops and sexy, propulsive, offbeat club meter.
Now 22 years deep into their thing since debuting with The Knife in 2000, Dreijer is one of very few active artists equidistant to original late ‘70s synth-pop and experimental glam of, say Kraftwerk, YMO and John Foxx - or Roxy Music and Kate Bush - and their hyperpop offspring such as Hyd or SOPHIE. It’s not hard to hear how their work since ‘Plunge’ continues to keep that lineage alive by balancing a fresh influence of producers Nídia and Vessel with the timelessness of Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross or the uncanny symbiosis with sibling, Olof from The Knife, resulting in a sort of hyperpop-adjacent sound sealed by those inimitable vocals and songwriting.
At the time of writing this we’re not privy to most of the production credits, but we can identify Olof’s tweaky Oni Ayhun-esque touch on the pensive opener ‘What They Call Us’, and that’s clearly Vessel’s razor-plucked harpsichord on the instant club ace ‘Carbon Dioxide’. An educated guess tells us Príncipe’s Nídia is behind the squeaky batida groove to ‘New Utensils’ and possibly the tarraxho slunk of ‘Kandy’, and we’d wager Reznor & Ross are responsible for plangent synth ache of the album’s mantric closer ‘Bottom of the Ocean’.
Elsewhere your guess is as good as ours as to who did the goth glam trample of ‘Even It Out’, or the nithered tang to ‘North’, but it will all become clear in due course. It remains to be said that ‘Radical Romantics’ is class; an affective ode to queer love that prizes synth-pop’s perhaps unique capacity to express the ambiguity of gender fluidity and strength in vulnerability, while having a great time doing it.
Digipack with exclusive A3 mini poster.
Out of Stock
Boomkat Product Review:
Fever Ray returns, flanked by Vessel, Nídia, Olof Dreijer, Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, Aasthma and Johannes Berglund on a 3rd solo album full of odd tunings and warped glam-dancehall-electro swag.
Karin Dreijer aka Fever Ray’s ‘Radical Romantics’ continues the queered outernational pop weltanschaaung of its predecessor across 10 songs that squirm with a brilliant blend of Scandi-pop chops and sexy, propulsive, offbeat club meter.
Now 22 years deep into their thing since debuting with The Knife in 2000, Dreijer is one of very few active artists equidistant to original late ‘70s synth-pop and experimental glam of, say Kraftwerk, YMO and John Foxx - or Roxy Music and Kate Bush - and their hyperpop offspring such as Hyd or SOPHIE. It’s not hard to hear how their work since ‘Plunge’ continues to keep that lineage alive by balancing a fresh influence of producers Nídia and Vessel with the timelessness of Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross or the uncanny symbiosis with sibling, Olof from The Knife, resulting in a sort of hyperpop-adjacent sound sealed by those inimitable vocals and songwriting.
At the time of writing this we’re not privy to most of the production credits, but we can identify Olof’s tweaky Oni Ayhun-esque touch on the pensive opener ‘What They Call Us’, and that’s clearly Vessel’s razor-plucked harpsichord on the instant club ace ‘Carbon Dioxide’. An educated guess tells us Príncipe’s Nídia is behind the squeaky batida groove to ‘New Utensils’ and possibly the tarraxho slunk of ‘Kandy’, and we’d wager Reznor & Ross are responsible for plangent synth ache of the album’s mantric closer ‘Bottom of the Ocean’.
Elsewhere your guess is as good as ours as to who did the goth glam trample of ‘Even It Out’, or the nithered tang to ‘North’, but it will all become clear in due course. It remains to be said that ‘Radical Romantics’ is class; an affective ode to queer love that prizes synth-pop’s perhaps unique capacity to express the ambiguity of gender fluidity and strength in vulnerability, while having a great time doing it.
More from FEVER RAY:
-
FEVER RAY Kandy (I. JORDAN Remix) Rabid Records Techno / House- MP3
- FLAC
- WAV
-
FEVER RAY Kandy (Sylvere Remixes) Rabid Records Electronic
- MP3
- FLAC
- WAV
-
FEVER RAY Carbon Dioxide (Avalon Emerson Remix) Rabid Records Electronic
- MP3
- FLAC
- WAV
-
FEVER RAY Carbon Dioxide (LSDXOXO Remix) Rabid Records Techno / House
- MP3
- FLAC
- WAV
-
FEVER RAY Carbon Dioxide (LSDXOXO Remix) Rabid Records Electronic
- MP3
- FLAC
- WAV
More from Rabid Records:
-
Fever Ray, Ame What They Call Us (Âme Remix) Rabid Records Electronic
- MP3
- FLAC
- WAV
-
Fever Ray, Tiga Kandy (Tiga Remix) Rabid Records Electronic
- MP3
- FLAC
- WAV
-
Fever Ray, ABSOLUTE. Shiver (ABSOLUTE.'s Massive Organ Remix) Rabid Records Electronic
- MP3
- FLAC
- WAV
-
FEVER RAY Kandy (I. JORDAN Remix) Rabid Records Techno / House
- MP3
- FLAC
- WAV
-
FEVER RAY Kandy (Sylvere Remixes) Rabid Records Electronic
- MP3
- FLAC
- WAV
People who bought this also bought:
-
FREE MP3 WITH VINYLANDY STOTT Faith In Strangers (10 Years) Modern Love Electronic
- MP3
- FLAC
- WAV
- 2LP (Black Vinyl)
- Colour 2LP
-
FREE MP3 WITH VINYLKuedo Severant Planet Mu Records Ltd. Electronic
- MP3
- FLAC
- WAV
- 2LP (Black Vinyl)
-
FREE MP3 WITH VINYLANDY STOTT It Should Be Us Modern Love Electronic
- MP3
- FLAC
- WAV
- Colour 2LP
-
FREE MP3 WITH VINYLNot Waving & Romance Eyes Of Fate Ecstatic Modern Classical / Ambient
- MP3
- FLAC
- WAV
-
FREE MP3 WITH VINYLSafa IBTIHALAT UIQ Electronic
- MP3
- FLAC
- WAV
- LP (Black Vinyl)
-
FREE MP3 WITH VINYLKeith Fullerton Whitman Meakusma (Generators) NAKID Electronic
- MP3
- FLAC
- WAV
-
FREE MP3 WITH VINYLBjörk Fossora One Little Independent Records Electronic
- MP3
- FLAC
- WAV
- 2LP (Black Vinyl)
- Colour 2LP
- CD
- CD
- Cassette
-
FREE MP3 WITH VINYL33 33-69 C.A.N.V.A.S. Electronic
- MP3
- FLAC
- WAV
- LP (Black Vinyl)
-
FREE MP3 WITH VINYLBurial Streetlands EP Hyperdub Electronic
- MP3
- FLAC
- WAV
- 12" (Black Vinyl)
-
FREE MP3 WITH VINYLRomance & Dean Hurley River Of Dreams Ecstatic Modern Classical / Ambient
- MP3
- FLAC
- WAV