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Fever Ray
Self Titled
(Mute)
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Intense, anxious, and luminous, Fever Ray is the self-titled debut album from Karin Dreijer Andersson, one half of the brother-sister duo The Knife. While recognizably the work of the same artist, Fever Ray is dramatically darker than The Knife in tone and content.








