"Knife" is a song by

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, 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

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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

Reception

"Knife" was ranked #109 on

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'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."Pitchfork Staff
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. 18 August 2009. Retrieved 19 July 2011.

References

External links

Single synopsis at Warp Records
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