- Summary: The third full-length solo release for The Knife's Karin Dreijer as Fever Ray features contributions from their brother Olof, Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross and Vessel.
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- Record Label: Mute
- Genre(s): Electronic, Pop/Rock
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 7 out of 8
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Mixed: 1 out of 8
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Negative: 0 out of 8
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Mar 9, 2023What makes Radical Romantics, like the best of Dreijer’s work, a cut above merely great pop is its subversive streak.
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Mar 7, 2023The album may not be more than the sum of its parts, but thankfully those parts are packed full of enough weird and wonderful sounds to ensure another excellent Fever Ray album.
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Mar 7, 2023On Radical Romantics, Dreijer wears their heart on their sleeve and delivers their stories of love and lust with classic Fever Ray conviction.
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Mar 8, 2023On ‘Radical Romantics’, Fever Ray posits the idea of love as an imperative condition for human function, and probes into both its darkest corners as well as the simple, mortal desire for affection, producing a fascinating study of electro-pop in the meantime.
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Mar 9, 2023The brightest and most subversive moments on the album come when Dreijer enlist blunt lyrics and wobbling instrumentals to articulate hard-to-explain emotions flawlessly.
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UncutMar 7, 2023Fever Ray's records may be less boldly subversive than The Knife's, but there are plenty of artful thrills and pleasures here. [Apr 2023, p.26]
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Mar 7, 2023Fever Ray circa 2023 feels admittedly a little quainter than they used to.