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Album Reviews
Album Review: The Knife in collaboration with Planningtorock and Mt. Sims – Tomorrow, In A Year (Brille)
By CMU Editorial | Published on Wednesday 24 February 2010
For those who have always thought that The Knife are, well, a little bit, shall we say ‘peculiar’, this here is a whole new kettle of weird fish for you to feast your ears (and, dare I add, mind) on.
Unearthly, freakish gorgeousness awaits listeners of ‘Tomorrow, In A Year’, The Knife’s experimental (now, I know what you’re thinking – when have The Knife ever not been experimental?) theatrical collaboration with Planningtorock and Mt Sims. Primarily, the record is an opera based on Darwin’s ‘On The Origin Of The Species’, and it reflects the same sort of un-fluid movement of form from basic to complex over two discs, worth about an hour and a half between them. It’s not an easy listen, I’ll tell you that right away, but with the right mood or under the right combination of influences, one can hear it for the fractured beauty that it really is, and can read the story as it’s told.
We’re told that “closed headphones” and an “open mind” are strongly recommended; this isn’t bad advice. ‘Tomorrow, In A Year’, with its static breaks, scratchy sound effects and jarring-but-beautiful operatic vocals, isn’t as accessible as, say, Miriam Gauci, but give it a chance and it will grab you. Or make you see red from frustration. TW
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