Fever Ray Tour Dates
“Andersson holds her audience utterly spellbound”
– Drowned In Sound
– Drowned In Sound
“Andersson pulls you inexorably into the darkness of her world”
- The Guardian UK
Fever Ray (aka Karin Dreijer Andersson of The Knife) will bring her highly anticipated live show to North America this Fall. The tour begins with two performances at NYC’s Webster Hall, a fitting venue for the launch of Andersson’s return to the North American stage. In 2006 Andersson and brother Olof Dreijer – performing together as The Knife – debuted live to U.S. audiences with two sold-out shows at the acclaimed venue. This time, now supported by a four-piece band, Andersson’s Fever Ray persona will be the main attraction.
Swedish multimedia artist Andreas Nilsson – who designed The Knife’s live show and directed the video for her debut single “If I had A Heart“- is also the visual mastermind behind Fever Ray’s live show. In designing the show Nilsson drew from his experience with the album. “The album has a mixture of acoustic and electronic sounds… something hard and visionary combined with something that is more organic. The live show should embrace that feeling,” says Nilsson. Get a glimpse of what to expect at http://vimeo.com/3920403
To see Fever Ray perform live is to enter a darkly compelling world of exquisite mystery. “Andersson may keep her face hidden, but the ascetic intensity of her performance is such that her soul is bared… [She] pulls you inexorably into the darkness of her world,” said The UK’s Guardian in their review of Fever Ray’s debut UK performance at London’s Royal Festival Hall in April 2009. “Andersson holds her audience utterly spellbound…She may hate the limelight but she has presence to burn” said the UK’s Drowned In Sound in their review of that same show.
Fever Ray is the title of both project and album, an evocation of the music’s sound, intense and anxious, yet luminous. It’s the culmination of work that began in 2007 when Karin and Olof, the brother-sister duo who are The Knife, decided to take time out following a handful of incredible live shows. Their first two albums did well in their Swedish homeland; their third, “Silent Shout,” went to Number One, won six Swedish Grammys, underlined their reputation as an act capable of the truly extraordinary and was pronounced the Best Record Of 2006 by Pitchfork.
Released in 2009, Fever Ray’s self-titled debut has already collected extraordinary praise. Pitchfork has given an 8.1 review ranking and best new music distinction, Nylon calls the album “dark, surreal and majestic” and Filter calls it “sublime and magically creepy” with an 87% review ranking.
In addition to Andersson’s Fever Ray project, she continues to collaborate with brother Olof as The Knife. The Knife is currently writing an opera based on the life of Charles Darwin. Called “Tomorrow In A Year” the opera will premiere at Royal Theatre in Copenhagen on September 2, 2009.
