Now that's NOT what we call music... The new album by The Knife

Let's be honest, the new album from The Knife was never going to be a pop record and Lo and behold - it isn't. A lot of it sounds like someone left a tap running and the front door open and an opera singer has wandered in off the street - but that is not to say that you should not go to The Knife's website where you can listen to the whole thing for free. Streaming, we believe it is called - like downloading, but you have to sit at your computer listening to The Knife banging pipes together with Mt. Sims and Planningtorock instead of having the freedom of listening to the album on your way to the shops.

Actually, we're not going to lie to you - most of this album is completely and utterly unlistenable. The Knife's debut album took the listener to a dark and unconventional place but this new record is just taking the piss. It's the equivalent of watching a piece of interpretive theatre performed by first year theatre students and someone, somewhere should have had the sense to sort this mess out before it was put anywhere near public ears.

However, we're not saying you won't find something to like in it. If you like that low, relentless hum of a TV set left on in the next room, then this may be right up your street. But for us, it's just noise. We appreciate it's more of a 'project' than anything but Christ on a bike, that's no excuse.

Click here to listen to 'Tomorrow, In A Year'