“Knife In The Heart” is much more jubilant than the title suggests. The latest song from indie pop fixture Lykke Li is a waterfall of whistles, claps, bongoes, and sprawling EBow textures. It’s lush and anthemic. The new track, the follow-up to last month’s “Lucky Again,” is the second single from her forthcoming album The Afterparty.
Lykke Li shared some insight about the track:
This is my brutalist nursery rhyme anthem — the emo girl in me, fully unleashed. I had my son and his friend sing the choruses because the juxtaposition of their voices against the EBow just created such a powerful sonic landscape, somewhere I’ve never really been before. A world totally collapsing in front of us and all we really have left is our humanity. My dream is to hear a whole football stadium chanting: ‘This Life This Life is a Knife in the Heart.’ To me, a pretty accurate description of what it feels like to be alive right now.
Listen below.
The Afterparty is out 5/8 via Neon Gold Records/Futures✦. Pre-order it here.
