Well it’s finally here–it being Shaking the Habitual, the sprawling new double LP from The Knife. Available to stream over at Pitchfork Advance and dropping next Tuesday through Mute, it’s bound to be the duo’s most divisive record yet, a tangled mess of steely experimental suites and pulpit-pounding political platforms. (Let’s just say the record’s interactive artwork and recent mission statement aren’t exactly subtle.)
Or as the BBC said in an early review last week, “Records do not come more provocative, abrasive or uncompromising than Shaking the Habitual. Does that make it good? It’s so unapologetically indigestible that it’s hard to say at this stage: Silent Shout is clearly superior as a pop record and Tomorrow, In a Year is much more satisfyingly fathomable as a piece of art. Shaking the Habitual is something else, but it’s hard not to find that profoundly exhilarating.”
You be the judge here, and check out its first couple short films below…
