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Fever Ray's First Song In 8 Years, 'To The Moon And Back,' Is A Gloriously Dark Hello

Nearly a decade after the release of her debut record as Fever Ray, Karin Dreijer is back with a dark and beautiful declaration of liberty.
Karin Dreijer in the video for "To The Moon and Back."

Advisory: The above video and below language almost certainly contains content that some may find offensive.

Do you remember the first time you heard ' "Closer" or ' "F*** The Pain Away," when they pawed at your ears and elsewhere — like, ? Explicit music gives the power of liberated exultation to its instigator, but also its receptor. Eight years since 's sonically dense and, at times, lyrically impenetrable but often sweet self-titled debut, Karin Dreijer is back and kinky as hell.

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