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- Summary: The third full-length solo release for The Knife's Karin Dreijer as Fever Ray features contributions from their brother Olof, Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross and Vessel.
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- Record Label: Mute
- Genre(s): Electronic, Pop/Rock
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Positive: 18 out of 19
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Mar 10, 2023Radical Romantics is essentially a collection of notes on love. Love—whether sexy, overwhelming, or vengeful—links together the recurring motivations of the Fever Ray catalog: curiosity and exploration, family born and chosen, sexual freedom and pleasure.
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Mar 10, 2023Radical Romantics offers enough detail, emotion, and vigour to tide us over until the next inevitable shapeshifting moment.
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Mar 8, 2023On ‘Radical Romantics’, Fever Ray posits the idea of love as an imperative condition for human function, and probes into both its darkest corners as well as the simple, mortal desire for affection, producing a fascinating study of electro-pop in the meantime.
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Mar 10, 2023Dreijer often seems more relaxed and more forthcoming on Radical Romantics than on Fever Ray's previous albums. Fans may have anticipated another epic like Plunge, but the more approachable, more personal choices Dreijer makes here are often just as risky and just as rewarding.
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Mar 17, 2023Compared to the preceding Plunge, this new album is more adventurous, perhaps, attempting to summon diverse and emotionally challenging experiences of a relationship. Depending on a listener’s experience and expectations, Radical Romantics can be found as uncomfortable as it is accommodating. The album tackles its subject with an attitude that exudes boldness and acceptance.
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Under The RadarApr 25, 2023Scrupulous in its detail, Radical Romantics is both innovative and entertaining, showcasing an original and unique spin on nuanced electro rock with seductive grooves. [Apr - Jul 2023, p.80]
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Mar 7, 2023Fever Ray circa 2023 feels admittedly a little quainter than they used to.
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Mar 14, 2023
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Aug 25, 2023Moody, seductive and spooky. Love it so much, best album in a long while. The concert was amazing too with its theatrics and atmosphere.
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Mar 10, 2023situated between the self titled debut and plunge, radical romantics sharp cuts using the best sounds of both worlds as its knife
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Mar 29, 2023große Schwätzer sind Moralisten, weil sie das Privileg haben, ständig ihre Meinung zu ändern, imposant geschminkt. Klatsch, klatsch.
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