Fever Ray Announce North American Tour Dates

Fever Ray (aka Karin Dreijer Andersson of The Knife) will bring her highly anticipated live show to North America this fall. The tour begins with two performances at NYC's Webster Hall, a fitting venue for the launch of Andersson's return to the North American stage. In 2006 Andersson and brother Olof Dreijer – performing together as The Knife – debuted live to US audiences with two sold-out shows at the acclaimed venue. This time, now supported by a four-piece band, Andersson's Fever Ray persona will be the main attraction.

Swedish multimedia artist Andreas Nilsson - who designed The Knife's live show and directed the video for her debut single "If I had A Heart"- is also the visual mastermind behind Fever Ray's live show. In designing the show Nilsson drew from his experience with the album. “The album has a mixture of acoustic and electronic sounds... something hard and visionary combined with something that is more organic. The live show should embrace that feeling," says Nilsson.

Fever Ray is the title of both project and album, an evocation of the music’s sound, intense and anxious, yet luminous. It’s the culmination of work that began in 2007 when Karin and Olof, the brother-sister duo who are The Knife, decided to take time out following a handful of incredible live shows. Their first two albums did well in their Swedish homeland; their third, "Silent Shout," went to Number One, won six Swedish Grammys, underlined their reputation as an act capable of the truly extraordinary and was pronounced the Best Record Of 2006 by Pitchfork.

Released in 2009, Fever Ray's self-titled debut has already collected extraordinary praise. Pitchfork has given an 8.1 review ranking and best new music distinction, Nylon calls the album "dark, surreal and majestic" and Filter calls it "sublime and magically creepy" with an 87% review ranking.

In addition to Andersson's Fever Ray project, she continues to collaborate with brother Olof as The Knife. The Knife is currently writing an opera based on the life of Charles Darwin. Called "Tomorrow In A Year" the opera will premiere at Royal Theatre in Copenhagen on September 2, 2009.

• Sept 28 NYC, NY @ Webster Hall
• Sept 29 NYC, NY @ Webster Hall
• Oct 1 Montreal @ Metropolis
• Oct 2 Toronto @ Kool Haus
• Oct 3 Chicago @ Metro
• Oct 5 San Francisco @ Grand Ballroom
• Oct 7 Los Angeles @ Henry Fonda Theater