Monday, October 18, 2010

FEVER RAY (Brixton Academy, 08/09/10)



Easily the best of the three Fever Ray sets I’ve seen, thanks to the incredible acoustics and sound mixing at the Brixton Academy. Whilst the atmospherics and unsettling costumes have always worked marvellously, their prior shows have suffered from murky, overly bass-heavy sound - tonight, however, was flawless. Whilst I’d still prefer to see The Knife do a proper London show (seriously - I’d sell my loved ones into slavery to see “We Share Our Mother‘s Health) I’ve come to warm to Karin’s new project, and to be honest, if the rumours are true that Fever Ray will be making a second album, well, I think I could live with that.

(Photo: John Gleeson)

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