Fever Ray is the solo project of Karin Dreijer Andersson, who is half of the Swedish electro act The Knife (the other half is her brother Olof Dreijer) Andersson was also lead singer and guitarist of the defunct pop group Honey Is Cool
The first self-titled Fever Ray the record was released digitally January 13, 2009 and the first single "If I had a heart" was released December 15, 2008
Born in Gothenburg, April 7, 1975 Andersson, currently lives in Stockholm, Sweden
What would you do if your in a decade career, you suddenly saw one of your songs turned into a worldwide hit and won six Grammy in your home country Sweden and your latest version was declared album of the year by one of the world's most influential music websites? If you are Karin Dreijer Ancestrydersson former singer with 90s pop hope Honey Is Cool, and now half of The Knife answer is to take a couple years off and returned as a solo artist with a new name: Fever Ray
In Karin's own words, "I had so many songs to record that I just had to make an album I thought I would have a longer break but I guess it will never happen, I can not stop working My goal was to complete the album and now that it's clear I ma bit restless ( good that The Knife has an opera to write then) In recent years I discovered that I like to sing too so I hope that my new-found live bands will make it to the stage next year we rehearse and build something beautiful and brilliant "
