Rarely does a debut album impact an audience so deeply, that less than a year after its release, a 3-disc deluxe bonus package is both begged for and delivered upon. Fever Ray has just that appeal.


The hauntingly fragile yet dripping with electronic pop elementally self-titled debut from the Swedish set, as led by The Knife's Karin Dreijer-Andersson, is one that will undoubtedly rise to the top of the "Beastonian best of the year". The original album will add two studio-recorded cover songs: Vashti Bunyan's Here Before and Nick Cave and Anita Lane's Stranger Than Kindness. The DVD features all five of the beautifully creepy music videos.

The 3rd disc holds Live at Lulea, a concert recorded in the northern coastal town in Fever Ray's native Sweden. You can listen to this special feature in its entirety over on NPR now.

The US version of the Fever Ray Deluxe Edition is out on November 24. Pre-order at Amazon. We saw Fever Ray at Webster Hall earlier this year. Check out the review here.

mp3: Fever Ray - Seven (Live At Lulea)