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Rating: Those who approached The Knife thanks to "Silent Shout" cannot help but be very confused when listening to their previous work, "Deep Cuts". There are now several musical groups or solo musicians who adhere to the philosophy of never repeating themselves. The first ones that come to my mind right now are Daft Punk, always staying in that vast field which is electronica. This can be more or less pleasing, playing in new genres and subgenres, depending on the individual, but without a shadow of a doubt, one must give credit to those who choose to challenge themselves with each new album.
Having said that, those approaching "Deep Cuts" expecting cold and dark, properly Nordic atmospheres may be disappointed. This album, in many respects, can be said to be the opposite of those atmospheres found in the aforementioned last work dated 2006. Starting with Karin Dreijer's voice. In many tracks, the singer's voice is almost that of a cheeky child, spoiled, mocking; a timbre very far from that present in the Royksöop single "What Else Is There?" (for those who do not know: the Royksöop single is indeed sung by Karin Dreijer) which will then be present throughout "Silent Shout".
The album kicks off with "Heartbeats", a great piece that makes you tap your foot to the beat, whether you like it or not, evidence that the two siblings have real strokes of genius. Some may know this song in José González's acoustic guitar version. Even the video (another important field for The Knife) is a great piece, highly recommended viewing. After this pleasant and immediate start, the mood changes completely, and the quality drops a bit with the following songs: "Girl's Night Out" and "Pass This On". "One For You" presents atmospheres that will be present in the next album, here Karin has a monotonous, low voice. A sort of short interlude, sung or "recited" by the completely distorted voice of Olof, "breaks" the album. After this pause, the beginning of "Listen Now" surprises the listener again, with its immediately pounding base; here Karin returns to being a spoiled child who is silenced by the usual cavernous voice of her brother singing the lullaby "She's Having A Baby". One of the few relaxing moments on this album. This is followed by "You Take My Breath Away", which puts the album back in motion and brings it closer to a possible dance hall. "Rock Classic" is the longest song: a minimal base, Karin's low and sensual voice that rises in pitch in the second half of the song, playing with high and low tones, only to return as at the beginning of the track in the last minute. A great piece, one of the best on the album. Now here comes the fun part, the song that amuses me the most and makes me laugh, which is "Is It Medicine"; and to say that it makes you want to jump is an understatement. This song, if played at high volume as it should be, is pure adrenaline. "Is it medicine, is it medicine, is it medicine or social skills" The music video they made is wonderful, also recommended. Then there is "You Make Me Like Charity," and it almost sounds like listening to a boy and a girl talking to each other; "Got 2 Let U", which I think can be inferred already from how the title is written, seems almost a pure game: funny voices, distorted thanks to technology and simply loaded by the two Swedes, it's almost the song itself that says: "Don't take me seriously." "Behind The Bushes" is only music. There are no voices, electronic sounds, or distortions: the strings take center stage in this track, followed by flutes; it all gives an almost medieval atmosphere, I would dare to say. A sudden little gem, the last thing you would expect to find in an album like this. The record closes with Olof taking the lead in less than a minute of song.
"Deep Cuts" almost seems like a game: various registers can be found, it jumps from an adrenaline-filled song to an instrumental one, from funny voices to serious and low ones, and others still sensual. It's hard for an album like this to bore, on first listen everything is a continuous surprise; a work done with care and studied in detail, well-balanced songs that always keep the attention of those truly willing to listen. Boredom with this album is far away.
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
01 Heartbeats (03:51)
One night to be confused
One night to speed up truth
We had a promise made
Four hands and then away
Both under influence
We had divine sense
To know what to say
Mind is a razor blade
To call for hands of above, to lean on
Wouldn't be good enough for me
One night of magic rush
The start: a simple touch
One night to push and scream
And then relief
Ten days of perfect tunes
The colors red and blue
We had a promise made
We were in love
To call for hands of above, to lean on
Wouldn't be good enough for me
To call for hands of above, to lean on
Wouldn't be good enough for me
And you
You knew the hand of a devil
And you
Kept us awake with wolves teeth
Sharing different heartbeats in one night
To call for hands of above, to lean on
Wouldn't be good enough for me
To call for hands of above, to lean on
Wouldn't be good enough
02 Girls' Night Out (03:38)
We were looking for a room
We were looking for a hotel
We were in between
We were a few chosen
Somewhere to fit in
Something that's fitting
After one day it started itching
And we rubbed until it was bleeding
And we laughed at the moonlight far beyond
And we ran through the moonlight far beyond
We were looking for something to blow up
We were looking for something to follow
We had one way out
We had some hours left
We were so close
We knew we were chosen
We aimed for high speed
And for someone who could catch me
And we laughed at the moonlight far beyond
And we ran through the moonlight far beyond
We were looking for a room
We were looking for something to blow up
We knew we were chosen
And we laughed at the moonlight far beyond
And we ran through the moonlight far beyond
(repeat)
03 Pass This On (03:48)
I'm in love with your brother
What's his name
I thought I'd come by
to see him again
when you to dance
oh what a dance
when you to love
oh what a love
does he mention my achelove
or is he more in to young girls with dyed black hair
I'm in love with your brother
I'd thought I'd come by
I'm in love with your brother
Yes I am
but maybe I
shouldn't ask for his name
and you dance
oh what a dance
And you laughed
oh what a laugh
Does he know what I do and
you'll pass this on, won't you and?
If I asked him once what would he say
Is he willing,
can he play?
He wasn't really looking for some more of it
found company on the dancefloor and
Does he know what I do and
you'll pass this on, won't you and?
Does he know what I do and,
you'll pass this on, won't you?
And if I ask him once,
what would he say?
is he willing, can he play?
04 One for You (03:48)
Rumous telling me you are mourning
and you haven't slept for several days.
You've been turning inside out looking for reasons
and your black sorry eyes made you pale.
And you couldn't catch them
you couldn't be there.
You couldn't help them at all,
and it was cold.
If we say that there is something above the mountains
if we say that there is something we can't see.
Promise you willl never belive me
cause I guess I'm just trying to make it easy
And you couldn't catch them
you couldn't be there.
You couldn't help them at all,
and it was cold.
Everybody was laughing when they found us
one for you and one for me.
Then they let us go to hunt us down again
and still you refuse to see
why everything has to stay ugly
Rumous telling me you are mourning
and you haven't slept for several days.
You've been turning inside out looking for reasons
and your black sorry eyes made you pale.
05 The Cop (00:43)
I am a cop, shut up
I piss in your mouth
I am a cop, shut up
I shoot you in your face you Motherfucker
I piss in your mouth hahaha hahahahahaha hahahaha
I am a cop, shut up or I'll shoot you,
I shoot you right on the spot you Motherfucking shit
06 Listen Now (02:50)
Listen now
I am afraid of everything
When you told me I was special
It was the happiest moment for a long long time
Listen now
I keep forgetting your name
When you laid down on the kitchen floor
It was the happiest moment for a long long time
We seek new seed now
Some revolutionary
and you will never get a hold
We seek and we will find
reason to stay alive
The price has never been this low
Listen now
I was afraid of everything
Then I straightened my head up
It was the happiest moment for a long long time
We seek new seed now
Some revolutionary
and you will never get a hold
We seek and we will find
reason to stay alive
The price has never been this low
08 You Take My Breath Away (04:27)
We are the people who's come here to play
I don't like it easy
I don't like the straight way
We're in the middle of something
We're here to stay
And we raise our heads for the colour red
I'm in the first row on your show, in the first row
on the First Floor Power show
Your vibrato's like vulnerable leaves,
You do it crazy, that's how you talk to me
We are the people who's come here to play
I don't like it easy
I don't like the straight way
We're in the middle of something
We're here to stay
And we raise our heads for the colour red
I heard you for the first time on the radio
When I was going somewhere in a car
You touched my heart, like a knife that's very sharp
Or like a bird [I was thinking about birds], you just set free
That's just like me, when I hear you speak
We are the people who's come here to play
I don't like it easy
I don't like the straight way
We're in the middle of something
We're here to stay
And we raise our heads for the colour red
I like vanilla and I like sex
I ride the pony that I like best
I knew I that there was something I missed
I was fifteen when I first got kissed,
Before I knew about the equality way
I wanted to get laid to "Take My Breath Away"
We are the people who's come here to play
I don't like it easy
I don't like the straight way
We're in the middle of something
We're here to stay
And we raise our heads for the colour red
We are the people who's come here to play
I don't like it easy
I don't like the straight way
We're in the middle of something
We're here to stay
And we raise our heads for the colour red
10 Is It Medicine (02:22)
No more tears and you'll be fine
I stay here all night
And when I've stayed all night
We go out in the morning light
And then you try to live the day
I don't know how, but I know what to say
Is it medicine or social skill
Don't have the answer and nobody will
You go screaming on without a word
Being sad is a fulltime work
And now the day has come to an end
And then you start to cry again
Is it medicine?
Is it medicine, is it medicine or social skill?
Is it medicine, is it medicine, is it medicine or social skill?
11 You Make Me Like Charity (03:05)
You try to feel but you can't wake up
you try to touch but you can't wake up
you're holding eyes and you don't wake up
increase the size and you don't wake up
I do it backwards but I don't wake up
try to reverse but I don't wake up
I sit astride but I still don't wake up
more than a second
when reading the newspaper
I felt the war
I felt her exposed position
I saw myself in the picture
and I
I took a cab there to hold her
I took a plane there to feel what she felt
you make me like charity
instead of paying enough taxes
I took a cab there to hold her
I took a plane there to feel what she felt
you make me like charity
instead of paying enough taxes
I took a cab there to hold her
I took a plane there to feel what she felt
you make me like charity
instead of paying enough taxes
I took a cab there to hold her
I took a plane there to feel what she felt
you make me like charity
instead of paying enough taxes
I took a cab there to hold her
I took a plane there to feel what she felt
you make me like charity
instead of paying enough taxes
I took a cab there to hold her
I took a plane there to feel what she felt
you make me like charity
instead of paying enough taxes
I took a cab there to hold her
I took a plane there to feel what she felt
you make me like charity
instead of paying enough taxes
I took a cab there to hold her
I took a plane there to feel what she felt
you make me like charity
instead of paying enough taxes
12 Got 2 Let U (03:59)
Fuu!
I got to got to let you down
But in an hour I will change my mind.
I got to got to let you down
But in an hour I will change my mind.
-
It is like magic to me
Making mistakes and be forgiven
easily.
It is like magic to me
Making mistakes and be forgiven
easily (easily).
Fuu!
I know she lets me down
but just for a short while then
she changes her mind.
I know she lets me down
but just for a short while then
she changes her mind.
She does it all the time
Making mistakes and then I
ease her mind.
She does it all the time
But she's so pretty and I
don't mind
-
Verse 1.
..got to let you down, got to let you down.
I got to let you down, got to let you down.
Verse 2.
..she does it all the time
Making mistakes and then I
ease her mind.
She does it all the time
but she's so pretty and I
don't mind.
she does it all the time
Making mistakes and I
ease her mind
She does it all the time
but she's so pretty and I
don't mind.
14 Hangin' Out (00:58)
I keep my dick hangin' out of my pants
so I can point out what I want.
I was chosen by standard procedures
and I'll assure you I don't mind.
I'm the head over small buissness
employing old male friends of my kind.
They kepp their dick hangin' out of their pants
so they can point out what they want.
I keep my dick hangin' out of my,
n�e, vi stoppar d�r.
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