Welcome back to the Daily Spin. For the uninitiated, this is the series in which I review an album every day of 2025.
As was the case two years ago, my favorite song from each album can be found at the playlist linked here.
Album: Deep Cuts (2003)
Artist: The Knife
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Somewhere under a lot of vague winks and nudges, there’s a really fantastic electropop album to be found here, with surprisingly agility and a willingness to dive not found in a lot of other records of this era.
Deep Cuts is unabashedly clumsy at times, with a sort of challenging jut to its lip. This is a record that cannot decide between the smarm and svelte offerings that most of the album contains, and the stark and glittering beauty - surrealism, really - that lead single ‘Heartbeats’ contains.
Most of this record is ultimately not long for my playlists, and I don’t really think there’s any grand takeaways here (except that maybe the original was better than the cover when it comes to Jose Gonzalez’ work on ‘Heartbeats’) - but I think all the same, it’s a good listen. This is a record that showcases duality confidently - it’s just a shame that the two flavors don’t mesh any better.
Rating: 8/10
Best Tracks: Heartbeats
Worst Tracks: She’s Having A Baby
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