Pitchfork is blocked at my office
Probably because of you.
Pitchfork is blocked at my office
Probably because of you.
As an album designed to be consumed as a whole, Shaking The Habitual is exhausting. But the experience is unique, not only because of its length, but because of the inquisitive nature of the project. There are some fascinating dimensions to the music, but to deliberately pull them from the surrounding material is dispiriting because of the music’s context and the artistic aspirations behind it. Scoring this release at zero comes not from some gut reaction to long-form drone, electroacoustic experimentation, or the maniacal way in which The Knife have approached protest music — I find it enthralling that they should go to such lengths to prove a point. When they say “we want to fail more,” their intention is to breech the album format as a construct, and in that respect, they have succeeded. Indeed, I’m not attacking The Knife for their daring feat, but reexamining my own familiarities with convention at the hands of their artistry, and that simply won’t register on a scale of one to five.
skerrick
Seriously, that 20 minute song has redefined the word tedious. Then you've got a song like Fracking Fluid Injection, which is quite literally weird moans with no music for 10 fucking minutes. The first two tracks are bearable but after that... I mean I don't like it, fair enough, but I don't see how anyone could make it through this in one piece and actively enjoy it.
I don't see how anyone could make it through this in one piece and actively enjoy it.
as I believe mofo told me they would be a long, long time ago.
A handfull elf pee
That’s my soul
Spray it allover
Fill the bowl
Legs astride
An axe to grind
Generous actions with the speed of light
Without you my life would be boring
See you on the dance floor…
/Olof and Karin, The Knife