Wearing black beaked masks and crafting icy, melancholic electronic music, Karin
Dreijer – born in Gothenburg, Sweden on April 7, 1975 - and brother Olof were
acclaimed as mysterious Swedish production duo The Knife, noted particularly for
their 2006 album Silent Shout which was named by Pitchfork Media as Album of the
Year. Karin's solo project Fever Ray takes a similar path, melding together her
shrill, eerie vocals over sparse, creeping electronic soundscapes that recall
the likes of Bjork, Sigur Ros, and Kate Bush. Her debut solo album Fever Ray
(2009) won rave reviews for it...