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- Summary: The fourth studio release for the Swedish electronic duo includes a 19-minute track.
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- Record Label: Mute
- Genre(s): Electronic, Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Club/Dance, Indie Electronic
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 41 out of 43
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Mixed: 2 out of 43
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Negative: 0 out of 43
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Apr 23, 2013An exciting, multivalent Dreijer sibling showcase. Karin provides saving shades of humanity by exercising the vocal cords nature gave her. But Olof's imagination, sense of humor, and bent rebop carry the day.
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Apr 8, 2013They've never sounded more in tune with the materiality of sound or the sonorousness of the physical world.
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Apr 11, 2013Regardless of whether they're successful or not isn't quite the point; what makes Shaking the Habitual so important is that The Knife used an important moment in their own history to truly subvert the hierarchy that both the band and the album exist in. Thankfully, they also wrote some near-perfect music in the process.
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Apr 5, 2013It’s an adventure.
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Apr 16, 2013The resulting album, unsurprisingly enough, contains their most texturally diverse work to date.
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Apr 9, 2013However difficult the album may be, it's a rare pleasure to see artists who know how to make great pop songs eschewing expectations, growing beyond their previous oeuvre and audience to pursue a brave creative path into genuine 21st century music.
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Apr 4, 2013Shaking the Habitual's problem is that the Knife seem to have dismissed the idea of making your point concisely as merely another affectation of a decadent and corrupt society.
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Positive: 17 out of 20
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Mixed: 3 out of 20
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Negative: 0 out of 20
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