The Knife - Shaking the Habitual (2013)

The Swedish experimental electronic group The Knife have returned with what may be their most bizarre and eclectic album yet. While there are catchy moments, especially on tracks such as "A Tooth for an Eye" and "Ready to Lose," most of the album is opaque, unconventional, and quite mind-expanding. No clearer example of the band's predilection for the weird can be found than the Nurse With Wound-esque track "Fracking Fluid Injection" whose title hints at political protest and whose music seeks to subvert the status quo. With "Shaking the Habitual," The Knife have once again not only proven their artistic worth, but have truly shook the habitual approach to electronic pop music in ways that only a handful of other artists have done (Bjork and Atoms for Peace come to mind here). If you're interested in hearing challenging, inspiring/inspired electronic music then I very highly recommend giving this album a spin.
9/10