Disturbing, striking and brilliant, this is a mix of old kindled magically into new from the innovative Swedish artist Karin Dreijer, with live-to-tape studio highlights from her acclaimed third album, 2023’s Radical Romantics, plus new iterations from 2017’s Plunge and early classics, performed with her tour musicians, including Minna Koivisto on keyboards; Romarna Campbell on drums; Maryam Nikandish and Helena Gutarra on keytars and vocals. But as ever it is Dreijer’s enigmatic presence and voice that is tangibly spookily superb and innovative. Newer videos also capture various personas, not least the Dreijer herself (aka the white-suited Casanova) the wannabe-womanizer Romance, clockwatcher Main, witchy Snusis, and axe-wielding Demona Lisa in visual creations by long-term collaborator Martin Falck. A scarily scintillating, whispery, witchy, feast of fabulous Fever Ray, very much a bonus to previous releases, from opener I’m Not Done all the way to 14th track If I Had A Heart. An extraordinary and unique artist. Out on Rabid Records.
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