Pitchfork: The Knife: New Single and Video

Penknives are pretty cool. One minute you're signing an autograph, the next you're carving up somebody's chest. And they just got cooler, as spooky Swedish duo the Knife will release their next single, "Like a Pen", on Brille in the UK on October 16. The track is from the Knife's still fantastic latest album, Silent Shout, out now on Mute in North America.

As for the "Like a Pen" video, it's "Sesame Street" done in the aesthetic of early MTV! An amorphous brown character goes around touching things with a pencil and running away from more humanoid characters in a space maze. Let's just call it "Knife-esque."

"Like a Pen" single tracklist:

01 Radio Edit
02 Extended Club Mix
03 Original Demo
04 Thomas Shumacher Dub
05 Heartthrob Remix

The Knife have also added a show to their super small upcoming U.S. tour. No, they won't be playing in Boise or Cincinnati or even Chicago now, but New York fans will be treated to a second, later set at Webster Hall on November 1, in addition to the one already scheduled.

Dates: 10-10 Milan, Italy - Magazzini Generali
10-12 Paris, France - La Cigale
10-13 Cologne, Germany - E-Werk
10-14 London, England - The Forum
10-15 Amsterdam, Holland - Paradiso
10-16 Copenhagen, Denmark - Vega
10-17 Copenhagen, Denmark - Vega
11-01 New York, NY - Webster Hall (early show)
11-01 New York, NY - Webster Hall (late show)
11-03 San Francisco, CA - Mezzanine
11-04 Los Angeles, CA - El Rey Theater