Knife (Grizzly Bear song)

"Knife"
Single by Grizzly Bear
from the album Yellow House
B-side "Easier" (Alternate edit)
Released 2007
Format 7"
CD single
Genre Baroque pop, psychedelic pop
Length 5:14 (album version)
3:45 (single version)
Label Warp Records
Songwriter(s) Ed Droste, Christopher Bear, Chris Taylor
Producer(s) Chris Taylor
Grizzly Bear singles chronology
"On a Neck, On a Spit"
(2007)
"Knife"
(2007)
"Two Weeks"
(2009)

"On a Neck, On a Spit"
(2007)
"Knife"
(2007)
"Two Weeks"
(2009)

"Knife" is a song by Brooklyn-based indie rock band Grizzly Bear, from the band's second studio album,Yellow House. The song was released as the first single on May 21, 2007.

Music video

The video for "Knife" was directed by Isaiah Saxon and Sean Hellfritsch of Encyclopedia Pictura. It features the band members in the desert sun operating a machine, a bearded person and a creepy creature made of dust and rocks.

Daniel Rossen explained about the music video:

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Knife"3:45
2."Easier (Alternate edit)"3:48

Reception

"Knife" was ranked #109 on Pitchfork Media's list of the top 500 tracks of the 2000s. Describing the song, reviewer Brian Howe wrote: "There are just a few words, inscribed in a lavish script on the harmonies; a handful of chords. But a whole host of sensations pour through them, and not just emotional ones: The guitars prickle and clutch; the refrains scale ear-popping altitudes. You can, it turns out, feel the knife."[2]

References

  1. Grizzly Bear's Daniel Rossen Talks About The Knife Video. Ghost Media. 11 October 2007. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
  2. Pitchfork Staff. Staff Lists: The Top 500 Tracks of the 2000s: 200-101. Pitchfork Media. 18 August 2009. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
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