Her New Knife – “Pagan Poetry” (Björk Cover)

Adris Raal

People attempt covers of Björk songs all the time, but that’s not an easy thing to do. If you’re going to cover a Björk song, you need to have a take. Fortunately, Philadelphia’s noisy and adventurous Her New Knife have a take. Last year, Her New Knife released their EP chrome is lullaby and made it onto our list of the year’s best shoegaze songs. In the months ahead, they’ll tour with Spirit Of The Beehive and Water From Your Eyes. Today, they offer up a radically reconstructed version of “Pagan Poetry,” from Björk’s 2001 classic Vespertine. You’ll lahhhhve it, you’ll lahhhhve it, you’ll lahhhhve it, you’ll lahhhhve it.