Karin Dreijer Andersson

I'm sitting in the kitchen, waiting for my tofu poppers to be done. I'm drinking coffee and stressing about the incompetence of a few idiots at my work (I'm only 20 years old, just started the job 2 weeks ago, and already /facepalming at the veterans' stupidity.) So what do I do to destress? Listen to music!

I was going to make a post about the elusive vegan pannkakor (seriously! If you have a good recipe, let me know. All 5 recipes I have tried failed miserably). But then I realized I was listening to Swedish music (which isn't that uncommon. Swedish indie-pop = win). So I've decided to write about Karin Dreijer.

Many know her from The Knife. The best known song is Heartbeats. It's a good song, quite catchy with the thick eurotrash synths opening the song. José Gonzalez, another famous Swede, did an acoustic version of the song which is what brought The Knife closer to the mainstream. This video is NOT heartbeats, but a song I like better. It's called Pass This On.




Then Karin decided to go off and do a solo career under the pseudonym Fever Ray. I fell in love with this project right now. It's the type of music that changes how you feel inside and makes you think. There's something so primal about this music. The first single was when I grow up. I highly suggest you look it up. This song is one that I can listen to nonstop and never get sick of it. Keep The Streets Empty For Me



The latest project is by the Knife. An opera about Darwin called Tomorrow, in a Year. They don't sing in it, but they created the music. I don't have much to say about it, as I haven't had too much time to sit down and listen to it fully. But here is the best quality song on youtube that I could find.



One last video. This is actually Röyksopp, a Norwegian electro band (you Americans might remember them when they had a song in a Geico caveman commercial: Doesn't Remind Me.) They asked Karin to sing the vocals of this song and it came out superb. This is What Else is There. Make sure you watch the video, it's pretty intense.



What do you think?