On 4th of August last year, The Knife announced they will write an opera for the Danish performance group Hotel Pro Forma. The opera is called Tomorrow, in a Year, and is based apparently on Charles Darwin's book On the Origin of Species. Recently, the band announced the studio release of this opera, which will include fifteen tracks (nine on the first CD and six on the second one) plus one bonus track. The album will be released on March this year. Meanwhile, you have the chance to listen to Colouring of Pigeons, the first single, which can be downloaded for free from the band's official site.
The eleven minutes track starts with a drum line, with tribal influences, soon accompanied by some ah-ah-oh-oh-eh-eh vocals (not surprising, considering that we're speaking about an opera here). The instrumental turns little by little to something more melodic, with synths in the background, which bring a really creepy note, somehow balanced by Karin Dreijer-Andersson's vocals (yeah, she's as good as always). From a certain point on, the voices disappear and the instrumental slowly fades away, leaving you with your mouth opened and with a "what the hell was that?" in your mind. I don't know what exactly it was, my friend, but it wasn't a track that can be easily forgotten, that's for sure.
Considering the fact that this song is actually just a part from a biggest story, it is a little difficult to say something about the meaning of the lyrics, but I guess time will help us here. We'll talk about it in March.
*photo courtesy of The Knife official site
(We're sorry for the lack of posts lately. We're all a bit busy with exams right now, so we'll be posting every other day, not daily as we use to. But have no fear, this will only happen for the next two weeks. See you guys on Monday)
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