The Knife talk about their new album 'Shaking The Habitual', stream the full album here: theknife.net

Directed by - Marit Östberg
Music by - The Knife
Produced by - Rabid Records
Executive Producer - Marit Östberg
Cinematographer - Liz Rosenfeld and Marit Östberg
Editing - Marit Östberg

Assistant Director - Paula Alamillo
Props, costume, locations. - Marit Östberg
Catering - Liz Rosenfeld
Make up - MPA
Lighting - Jasco Viefheus
Still Photographer - Alexa Vachon
Graphics - Studio SM / Sara Kaaman
Sound Mix - Voca Me! Studios

Special thanks to:

Ester Martin Bergsmark
Jasco Viefheus
Siri Hjorton Wagner
Sylvia Villför
Sam Icklow
Mad Kate / EXIT
Südblock
Sebastian Simmert and Henning Leibig
Tomas Hemstad
The beautiful dancers

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'A Tooth For An Eye' from The Knife's forthcoming album 'Shaking The Habitual' released on 8/9 April. Available to pre order here: theknife.net/shaking-the-habitual

'A Tooth For An Eye' deconstructs images of maleness, power and leadership. Who are the people we trust as our leaders and why? What do we have to learn from those we consider inferior? In a sport setting where one would traditionally consider a group of men as powerful and in charge, an unexpected leader emerges. A child enters and allows the men to let go of their hierarchies, machismo and fear of intimacy, as they follow her into a dance. Their lack of expertise and vulnerability shines through as they perform the choreography. Amateurs and skilled dancers alike express joy and a sense of freedom; There is no prestige in their performance. The child is powerful, tough and sweet all at once, roaring "I'm telling you stories, trust me". There is no shame in her girliness, rather she possesses knowledge that the men lost a long time ago.

Music: 'A Tooth For An Eye' by The Knife taken from the album 'Shaking The Habitual'
Dir. Roxy Farhat & Kakan Hermansson
DOP: Aida Chehrehgosha
Editing: Roxy Farhat

'Full Of Fire' a short film by Marit Östberg*.
Music by The Knife

This April The Knife release their first studio album since Silent Shout seven years ago. The album, Shaking The Habitual, is now available to pre-order in the below formats:

2x CD: smarturl.it/sth2cd - Digipack Includes cartoon by Liv Strömquist and a lyric poster by Studio SM/Martin Falck.

3x 12" Vinyl: smarturl.it/sthvinyl - 180g heavyweight, gatefold edition with CD. Also includes the cartoon and lyric poster.

iTunes Download: smarturl.it/sthitunes - Includes an instant download of Full Of Fire and digital booklet.

More information at theknife.net

*Marit Östberg is a filmmaker and visual artist, based in Stockholm and Berlin. Her works are often focused on images of queer bodies and sexualities. She sees her work in a wider context of feminist fights and histories and her visual world has been described as uncompromising. Uncompromisingly current. Uncompromisingly sexy. Uncompromisingly political.

"The film 'Full of Fire' started to grow as an embryo in the song´s lines 'Who looks after my story'. Who takes care of our stories when the big history, written by straight rich white men, erase the complexity of human´s lives, desires and conditions? The film 'Full of Fire' consists of a network of fates, fears, cravings, longings, losses, and promises. Fates that at first sight seem isolated from each other, but if we pay attention, we can see that everything essentially moves into each other. Our lives are intertwined and our eyes on each other, our sounds and smells, mean something. Our actions create reality, we create each other. We are never faceless, not even in the most grey anonymous streets of the city. We will never stop being responsible, being extensions, of one another. We will never stop longing for each other, and for something else."
- Marit Östberg

Music can be so meaningless.
We had to find lust.
We asked our friends and lovers to help us.
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'A Roundtable Conversation on Tomorrow, In A Year'
With The Knife (Olof and Karin), Planningtorock (Janine), Mt. Sims (Matt).
Performed by Olivia Plender. Images by Hort
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