The Knife - Tomorrow, In a Year

Rabid Records

Released: March 1st, 2010

Electronic opera and drone.

This album is a huge let-down. After 2003's solid Deep Cuts and 2006's excellent Silent Shout the brother/sister duo release an OPERA album based on Charles Darwin? WTF? Hey all I'm all about experimentation but this album just leaves me confused and annoyed.

The first two thirds of the album are just weird opera and noise. There's not really any track that is worth two shits. The final third of the album makes up for it somewhat with some good electronic drone and the last song "The Height of Summer" actually sounds like classic The Knife. The album was a collaboration with DJs Mt Simms and Planningtorock, which could explain the weird direction with the album.

Its funny, the last four songs on this album are quite good, the first eleven are not. Those last songs total 36 minutes, making it almost an album in itself. All in all: way too long, way too much going on and way too "zany" of a concept.

RIYL: Bjork, Can, Bauhaus

Rating: 3.5