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[[The Knife]] - what you might get if David Lynch's films could sing you to sleep before they sell your soul to the devil, in the nicest possible way.▼
▲The Knife - what you might get if David Lynch's films could sing you to sleep before they sell your soul to the devil, in the nicest possible way.
The Knife is an electronic brother-sister music duo from Sweden, comprised of Karin Dreijer-Andersson and her brother Olaf Dreijer. Formed in 1999, they rose to public attention when [[Covered Up|Jose Gonzalez's cover]] of their song ''Heartbeats'' was used in a Sony Bravia TV commercial (the one with all the bouncy balls).
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The first two albums gained small acclaim but went largely unnoticed, although ''Deep Cuts'' was nominated for a Grammis<ref> The Swedish version of the Grammy Awards</ref>. Silent Shout, however, was a roaring success, nominated for 6 Grammis Awards and named as Pitchfork Media's album of the year, as well as Slant Magazine's 95th best album of the 2000s.
While they fall under the category of "electronic music" their sound is hard to describe in full detail. [[The Other Wiki]] lists the aforementioned [[David Lynch]] as an influence, as well as Aki Kaurismäki, [[
In addition to The Knife, Karin Driejer Andersson has a solo project, calling herself Fever Ray and releasing a self-titled album under that name. It is something of a [[Spiritual Successor]] to ''Silent Shout'' in terms of its sound, and she also provided songs for ''[[Red Riding Hood (
Dreijer-Andersson also contributed vocals to Norwegian band Röyksopp's ''What Else Is There?'', ''This Must Be It'' and ''Tricky Tricky''.
Oh, and for added fun, they're good friends with [[Robyn]].
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* [[Album Title Drop]]: See page image.
* [[Animated Music Video]]: ''We Share Our Mother's Health'' primarily, though many of their music videos feature animation at some point.
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