Fever Ray - Radical Romantics ALBUM REVIEW
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A return to form for Karin.
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FAV TRACKS: WHAT THEY CALL US, SHIVER, LOOKING FOR A GHOST, CARBON DIOXIDE
LEAST FAV TRACK: BOTTOM OF THE OCEAN
FEVER RAY - RADICAL ROMANTICS / 2023 / MUTE / SYNTHPOP
7/10
Y'all know this is just my opinion, right? - Hudba
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Damn, dismissing Kandy so flippantly is crazy. That song rules and its weird vibes are so infectious.
Yeah but music is subjective. The end.
I agree x) kandy and tapping fingers are currently my favs
Agreed
Agreed
Kandy is an amazing track, this album is much better than her second one, more refined and more like The Knife.
the whole album is a f*cking masterpiece, no skip. girl bye
Didn't hear the album, but i'm srsly surprised this guy still exist. Just give him some beyonce i'm sure he's gonna rate her 10/10... Anyways try Andy Shauf - Norm i had some good time listening that album.. gl & hf 😉
hi girl
This is for fantano
Who gave an 2010s album i liked a bad score
There's no room for you
And we know where you live
One day we might come after you
Me after the 2010 Sleigh Bells review
This is for that Slowdive self titled score
Just because you look like the cover doesn't mean you automatically discount 3 points off the score
Snort laughed
He's so self aware 🙄
Pull that weekend Playlist back up
anthony's scared of the cover
Alot of people that comment have nothing to say, so they resort to jokes.
This whole album is a serious grower and so ambient…. 10/10 Karin, no notes!
wow I remember you from iamamiwhoami tumblr circa 2014 glad to see you’re still serving c*nt with your music taste babe
Kandy is my most played track in a while, loving the album.
Mine too, but Even It Out is catching up.
Same! This and New Utensils
Whaaaaaaaaat?!?!?! Kandy is one of the best songs I've heard so far this year from any artist. How did you just brush right past that?
It’s not good. Listen to bullet for my Valentine
It's so weird to me when people keep comparing an artist's work to their debut album. Now that we understand Fever Ray is a series of characters based on Karin's life, how shitty is it to wish Karin had stayed depressed and lonely just to keep the music darkly ethereal and beautiful? Art is about the artist, not about our personal preferences.
truuuueee
No man, its about your personal experience of the artists work. Its never about the artist...
but art reviews are literally about our personal preferences.
when did karin go from singing about motherhood to becoming a they/them wtf
and here I thought plunge era fugly on purpose aesthetic was just a stage
I'm so glad it's nothing like debut because I've listened to that one way too many times...the new album is NEW, like it gives me life. It's refreshing and ahead of it's time honestly.
The magic of Fever Ray, for me, is that nearly every time I hear a track for the first time I think....uhhhh.....yikes....and then I can't stop singing it in my head and playing it again and again. It's weird. I've never experienced that with any other artist's music. They are fantastically talented and ground breaking, and honest and refreshing, not to mention badass.
Albums been on repeat for me. Their melodies, production and use of synths etc is just so unmatched. Every track is uniquely addictive with different elements. It's a strong 8/9 let's be real
Hard no. Very mid album
Absolutely agree with you. Also Fever Ray uses they/them pronouns btw!
Absolutely agree
Yep definitely
Wait.. Kandy hook doesn’t slap? Dude it slapped me to tears.
To be honest, I didn’t listen to this album, but now I think it’s a solid 7/10. Thank you for my opinion, Anthony.
I think it's a return to form for Karin. I'm feeling a strong 6 to a light 7. I might even listen to this someday.
Definitely has some sounds and music in it. Therefore I'd give it some points for sure.
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@@NotoriousLightning thank you gullgutten
@@NotoriousLightning i just liked your comment gullgutten
Not putting Kandy in the fave tracks is bonkers
right??
Nah Kandy is boring
I haven't heard an album in a while where I immediately want to replay the song and replay it again and replay it again ... I find myself on the New Utensils track just clicking restart and turning the volume up. It's ridiculous and weird and I love it
This! His dismissal of New Utensils honestly kind makes me wanna smack him around a little. I won't, but I'll want to.
I liked this sooo much better than Plunge, which I honestly didn't really connect to outside of a couple of tracks. I still think this can't match the mood and consistency of the debut, but tracks like Kandy, Carbon Dioxide, Shiver and Looking for a Ghost (just to name some) are all top tier Fever Ray. A great album overall!
Give North a good listen
Kandy is my song of the year so far.
I wasn’t sure about new utensils at first but it’s really been growing on me, it’s definitely repetitive but it’s just so tasty I love it. Idk how you could bash Kandy either I actually almost think it’s fever Rays best song yet
I liked New Utensils too actually, the sound is pretty catchy and varied. Kandy was a disappointment for me as it was repetitive and Karen's deep voice didn't fit well on it, and actually, it was her worst vocal performance on the album I think. None of the songs she released since Plunge are as good as her magnum opus, self-titled.
Yeah, Kandy is definitely a top 3 Fever Ray song for me, maybe her best even.
I would agree about Kandy in fact I think all the singles are fantastic and I love the album would rate it an 8.5. I just wish the closing track was better read people saying they love it and find it super hypnotic but for me it's just boring honestly.
I adore Kandy.... that outro on it gives me shivers
@@stopbunsen I adore Shiver...that sweet hook in its outro tastes like kandies :p
First listen was about a 6.5, second listen through and it's a solid 9.5 for me. This album is brilliant and makes you feel things.
How do you not like Tapping Fingers?! It may be my favorite song of theirs they’ve done in any project to date!
Same here
I think Bottom of the Ocean should have been an interlude. Tapping fingers should have been the 8th track. North should have been the closing track
I like this track arrangement. Especially the placement of North
Looks like we gots ourselves a producer.
“When I Grow Up” is one of my fav videos. Will have to check it out
Is it really weird that this is legit my favoritest album of the year 2023 thus far!? It's a magnificent return to form after the disappointing sophomore slump.....err...plunge over a half decade ago. (Looks like Anthony is cringing at my terrible pun there in the thumbnail)
Hold my mustn't hurry
@@lilmarsu That's a pretty good one too. How about that groovy and extra horny To The Moon And Back!?
I agree!!!
Mine too as of May I think it is a fantastic album honestly. Wish the last track wasn't on there though it's just so boring for me and I do enjoy more ambient repetitive stuff. Coconut from the debut album was an amazing closing track.
This album's one of my favorites of '23 so far. If I were to rate *Radical Romantics,* I'd give it an 8.8.
Glad to see Trent and Atticus still making awesomely produced songs outside of NIN
Kandy is my favourite track now. I'm not a big Fever Ray fan in general. But Keep these streets empty for me, if i had a heart and Kandy are 3 of my all time favs.
Kandy is addictive. I keep listening to it every day. Stunning.
i love bottom of the ocean SO MUCH, can't really understand why ppl just don't like that track
I love hearing you analyze music and watching your videos but man I am so surprised you aren't digging this album more! As not just a music lover but a musician myself this has been one of the more exciting recent albums I've experienced and stands as a beautiful companion to their debut as fever ray. You should really give it another chance. Just play it while on a walk or doing something so you can experience the music not just as a critic. Come onnnnn. Lol you're great though, love the videos ❤
You can't just keep yelling "more like fever GAY" over and over for seven minutes.
"Even it Out" makes me hard as a rock! 🖤
My nipples get hard every time i listen to it
The "we seduce, then we dance, then we contemplate" pacing of Radical Romantics is one of the star qualities for me that leaves me mulling over the feelings the rest of the album brought out of me. Bummer that Tapping Fingers and Bottom of the Ocean didn't evoke for you what it did for me, because it's been reproducably magical on subsequent listens for me.
Always makes me sad to hear a good critic suggest improvement that I genuinely feel would reduce the impact and quality that struck me like lightning. Regardless, always appreciate melon's artistic engagement and analysis.
Reminder that Fever Ray was TND’s top album of 2009 ❤
Didn’t he give it a 10 as well? I wonder why it’s not up anymore
@@surprisinglyroomy It got a 9. His videos from 2009 and before had to be deleted because they had audio snippets and stuff (before copyright ruined YT)
What They Call Us completely grabbed me by the balls. There is something so visceral about the pain they impart into these vocals.
For me personally Tapping Fingers is one of the best tracks on the record. The lyrics are just really touching. It is slower in fact but in a good way. And despite the fact I also kind of dislike the closing track, Tapping Fingers itself is a nice way to transition to it.
Totally agree!
Karin said it's the saddest song they ever recorded. I love it. My favorite track on the album.
much better than the previous one
i have to say - I didn't love plunge when i first heard it but like all great records - and the band the fall - it sticks with you - and if you stick with it, you will fall in love which i did. The same is happening currently with the new FEver ray record.
I don't much care for the music You're reviewing, I just tune in so I can stare into your beautiful eyes .
So when's the Joe's Garage review?
They are very soulful eyes, to be fair.
I'm still learning about Knife & Fever Ray but shared the Even It Out video even though it promotes violence because WOWza....that perfect punk sound, the rage of the mama, the tinkling of relief....truly impressive. Their videos get a universal top award from me...♥🕳♥💖♥🙌♥💝♥💣♥
Rocky Horror Riff Raff had some bops.
I've only listened to a few songs and its tricky. The first album has such a strong place in my heart, each song on that album is a 10/10 and hits some deep emotional notes, especially since I've listened to it for 15 years now. As someone who's 30 and who fell in love with that album as a teenager I can recognize that Carbon Monoxide hits a lot of the same notes and rocks but it doesn't have the same emotional resonance as re-listening to even some of the shitty Seven remixes. At that point I don't know if I'm pessimistic about Radical Romances because her song writing has gotten a bit stale where she used to be so cutting-edge (honestly, has her writing changed since Silent Shout? Her formula is great but she produced a whole noise album, you'd hope that she figured out how to traverse even weirder pop noise waters by now but instead its like she's just walked back to dry land), or if I'm just not gonna fall in love with songs the way I could at 15.
Anyways, and with love and peace, and honestly, has her writing changed since Silent Shout? Her formula is great but she produced a whole noise album, you'd hope that she figured out how to traverse even weirder pop noise waters by now but instead its like she's just walked back to dry land.
Fever Ray can’t do no wrong.
I miss the triple traple of the 'Plunge' album, but still a very powerful and emotional experience.
'Bottom Of The Ocean' is definitely a new Karaoke favorite.
Wtf?! Great song, but karaoke jam?! What?!
Melon, just because Karin's only half-bald in the cover, doesn't automatically mean that you can deduct 3 points from the album!
This album should be called Silent Shout part 2 (which is not a bad thing, tbh). I just keep on longing, in my heart of hearts, that Karin will release something as ethereal and colossal as their self-titled 2009 album again; something that makes you want to sway naked in a dark forest... but that ship has sailed, I guess.
Yo what
It sailed 100%. The self-titled was perfection that won’t be repeated.
A human only has so much to skin earth. Why would they rather make something they’ve already done instead something new?
Tapping fingers best track
Tapping fingers is my comfort song right now, I don't know why
Same. I’ve listened to it on repeat like 20 times
I can't wait to see The Knife perform at the Just Like Heaven music festival this May!
I wish I could be in the USA to see them. They never came in Latin America :(
You mean Fever Ray
Strange yet amazing album
Kandy is the best song on the album
The dude on the cover looks like the villain in the Witcher 3 when he takes his mask off
This is why other people's opinions do not matter. See if you like it yourserlf. It's a solid 9.5/10 for me. Only track I don't particularly like so far is 'Even it Out'. Album has been on repeat since March and it's September now. Saw the live show in person too - STUNNING to say the least. Ethreeal. Powerful.
even it out is their most radio friendly track to date. hands down. i could hear it on kroq at 1pm on a wednesday afternoon
Everyone i know is drooling over this album. Def gave it an 8/10 but while theyre bot around its a light 7
Bottom of the Ocean sounds like a more palatable Fracking Fluid Injection to me... I've gotten lost in it a couple times but I do wish there some progression, when it ends it just kinda stops which does make the length feel arbitrary.
Sad you didn't like New Utensils, that's my favorite!
I thought that was Ethan from h3h3 when he dressed up as The Penguin from batman in the thumbnail
Thoroughly enjoyed this album, will listen more than once..
Echoing others somewhat, but there are some seriously interesting and sonically tasty sounds here, particularly Kandy. For me it’s been the closest to the off kilter feeling found in earlier works on Deep Cuts for example. The live show attached to this looks bizarre and confronting in addition.
this is album of the year for me definetely
I hope this one sounds more like the self-titled rather than Plunge
theneedledrop Thoughts on (any of) the following albums melon?
Masego - Masego
Dreamville - Creed III: The Soundtrack
Conway the Machine, Jae Skeese - Pain Provided Profit
BONES, GREAF - TheWitch &TheWizard
Hit-Boy, Musiq Soulchild - Victims & Villains
Imagine if anthony became a music teacher
Pretentious enough to be one
Sick Cave World hoodie!
So excited to hear new Sugar Ray
No…
Well I agree. Light 7, strong 6. Been ans it seems I still am a fan of the first album. I can't remember Plunge although it was one of my favorites that year.....
Do I have to listen to Sugar Ray before I listen to Fever Ray?
Hii I was wondering if you could review my friends album “Dream Kids” by Bella Larson and the Scene Kids!
I literally thought that was Ethan Klein in one of his costumes again
It's so crazy how when a subject matter is purely subjective, people often trick themselves into thinking that simply forming a complex opinion is the same as mastery over that subject. So they actually think they can then dictate to others what the experience will be like for them, even though they're mostly way off for an overwhelming majority of people. The gullible idiots then form a little circle, where they pontificate to each other about which Animal Collective album totally banged the hardest.
Okay I'll listen to the Self titled again thanks for the reminder
Love this album and the first one
Hello mr Melon, are you going to review the new iamamiwhoami album when it comes out?
You need to revisit her original album in a video
Why? It's still AOTY
*their
@@LeslieJAlmeida *Her
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i don't know about this review bro. one day we'll even it out in regards to what you've done.
What They Call Us by Fever Ray was in my Top 20 Songs of 2022.
Carbon dioxide is an incredible song
3 tracks stand out, kandy, shiver and looking for a ghost.
Yeah! Love you Tony Maloney
I thought it was socially amazing and dark. Nice Cave World hoodie!
man that first fever ray album was so huge for me. 7/10 is a super form-your-own-opinion rating lol. haven't listened to it yet.
guys I think Antonio should drop the rating system. though it does telegraphs the measure of satisfaction, it also kinda ruins the point of a review to tell what it's like to listen to this particular piece of music
I liked her last album Plunge because it was so different. High pitched, experimental, radical, undanceable and daring. I like the new album radical romantics too as it is a lot softer, with a lot more harmonies and melodies which is ear pleasing for sure, although I don't think making catchy tunes is Karen's top priority. It's about expressing, exploring and experimenting, musically, artistically, politically, personally...and from this pov I love all her music ❤
Is that Spagett on the cover?
PLEASE RE-REVIEW THE SOLO DEBUT ALBUM!!!!!!
the only track I like is EVEN IT OUT, which is brilliant. Thats after 2 days of listening. I will keep at it and give it a fair chance
Buenas noches fantano!
Every Fever Ray album has at least one song which really emotionally resonates with me and continuously haunts me through the years. The first one had Keep The Streets Empty and a few others while this one has Shiver, New Utensils & Looking For a Ghost. And Bottom of the Ocean....kindof. And for Plunge, there was the magnificent chilling violin ballad that is Red Trails, which makes me think of the dramatic ending to season 4 of Stranger Things for some reason. *lol*
I'm really surprised you gave this album a 7 lol. I'd give it a 9. Absolutely love it.
I always wanted and anticipated this album to be like her debut. Dark, steady reputations like meditation music and majestic beats track by track. Unfortunately, even though there are some bangers on Radical Romantics namely Carbon Dioxide, this album couldn't reach the level of the self-titled. Of course, I do not expect her to drop as best as she did a long time ago. All the post-debut works Karen dropped emphasize that the debut was something else. Triangle Walks, Seven, I'm Not Done, and Keep the Streets Empty for Me, definitely should be given a listen.
Karin = they/them
Fever Ray is the only Karen worth listening to.
Highly recommend Jakub Zytecki’s new album
Egregious Kandy dismissal
Red Trails and Mustnt hurry were excellent tracks from Plunge
new opinion unlocked.
Like a lot of others are saying Kandy is the best song for me it's just so good perhaps my favourite they have ever done. Reminds me of pass this on a bit. Both 10/10 songs lol.
Couldn’t get past the first few songs. My 2.5 year old son who normally would listen to anything actually said “I don’t like this music”.
Hey ho. It’s all subjective innit.
This album is spectacular 😮🙏👍
Remembering 2009 ❤
Kept hoping Karin's eyes would subtly dart towards Anthony at certain moments. Loving this album! solid 9/aoty
Mithony Satano next time?
Don't know who that is off the top of my head, but the album cover art piqued my interest. 😂
Curious. do yo do Tim Pool reviews? I would like to hear your opinion.